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SEATWORKS IN THERMOCHEMISTRY

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INSTRUCTION. Write your solution and answer on the space provided. During solution process, write all the
decimal places and round-off the final answer. Avoid too much erasure. Use black pen only.
1. A reaction taking place in a container with a piston-cylinder assembly produces a gas, and the
volume increases from 125 mL to 652 mL against an external pressure of 1.30 atm. Calculate the
work done (in J).
Answer: -69.41 J

2. A gas is compressed from a volume of 5.68 L to a volume of 2.35 L by an external pressure of 732
torr. Calculate the work done (in J).
Answer: 324.97 J

3. When gasoline burns in a car engine, the heat released causes the gaseous products CO2 and H2O
to expand, which pushes the pistons outward. Excess heat is removed by the radiator. If the
expanding gases do 451 J of work on the pistons and the system releases 325 J to the surroundings
as heat, calculate the change in internal energy (∆U) of the system in J
Answer: -776.00 J

4. A balloon is cooled by removing 0.655 kJ of heat. It shrinks on cooling, and the atmosphere does
382 J of work on the balloon. Calculate the change in internal energy (∆U) of the system in J.
Answer: -273.00 J

5. In a reaction, gaseous reactants form a liquid product. The heat absorbed by the surroundings is
26.0 kcal, and the work done on the system is 15.0 Btu. Calculate the change in internal energy
(∆U) in kJ of the system. Note that 1 Btu (British thermal unit) is equivalent to 1055 J.
Answer: -92.96 kJ

6. Consider the reaction

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If 2.0 moles of H2O(g) are converted to H2(g) and O2(g) against a pressure of 1.0 atm at 125°C,
what is ∆U for this reaction?
Answer: 480.29 kJ/mol

7. Consider the reaction

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If 1 moles of H2 react with 1 moles of Cl2 to form HCl against a pressure of 1.0 atm at 25°C. What is
∆U for this reaction?
Answer: -184.60 kJ/mol

8. An iron skillet weighing 1.28 kg is heated on a stove to 178°C. Suppose the skillet is cooled to room
temperature, 21°C. How much heat energy (in joules) must be removed to effect this cooling? The
c (specific heat) of iron is 0.444 J/(g-°C).
Answer: -89226.24 J

9. A piece of unknown metal at 105oC with a mass 10.0 g place in a coffee-cup calorimeter with 125.0
g of water at 22.50oC. The temperature of water rose up by 0.60oC. What is the specific heat of
metal?
Answer: 0.383 J/g•0C

10. A sheet of gold weighing 10.0 g and at a temperature of 18.00°C is placed flat on a sheet of iron
weighing 20.0 g and at a temperature of 55.60°C. What is the final temperature of the combined
metals?
Answer: 50.830C
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11. Ammonia burns in the presence of a copper catalyst to form nitrogen gas.
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What is the enthalpy change to burn 35.8 g of ammonia?
Answer: -665.71 kJ

12. Propane, C3H8, is a common fuel gas. Use the following to calculate the grams of propane you
would need to provide 369 kJ of heat.
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Answer: -7.96 g

13. The first step in the preparation of lead from its ore (galena, PbS) consists of roasting the ore.
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Calculate the standard enthalpy change for this reaction, using enthalpies of formation.
Answer: -833.00 kJ/mol

14. Given the following hypothetical thermochemical equations:

Calculate the for the equation:

Answer: -1213.00 kJ/mol

15. Ammonia will burn in the presence of a platinum catalyst to produce nitric oxide, NO.
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What is the heat of reaction at constant pressure?
Use the following thermochemical equations:
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Answer: -906.3 kJ/mol

16. 1.50 mol of monoatomic perfect gas undergoes a reversible cyclic process (1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 1) as
shown below. Calculate 𝑞, 𝑤, ∆𝑈 and ∆ for each process and for the complete cycle.
Temperatures are round off with 2-decimal places and final answers in J (round-off in whole
number)

1.125, 5.372 8.086, 5.372

5.500
4 1

4.500
P / atm

3.500

2.500

3
1.500
3.208, 1.883 2
8.086, 1.181
0.500
0.500 1.500 2.500 3.500 4.500 5.500 6.500 7.500 8.500
V/ dm3
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Perfect gas is an ideal where the change in internal energy with respect to the change in volume at
constant temperature process is equal to zero or
𝑈
( )

Different Processes:

Isobaric Process: 𝑤 ;𝑞 ; 𝑈 𝑤 𝑞; 𝑞
Isochoric Process: 𝑤 𝑞 ; 𝑈 𝑞 ; 𝑈
Isothermal Process: 𝑤 ;𝑞 𝑤; 𝑈 ;
Adiabatic Process: 𝑤 𝑈; 𝑞 ; 𝑈 ;

Heat Capacity ( ):

For monoatomic perfect gas (ex: He, Ar, Ne):

For diatomic perfect gas (ex: H2, O2, Cl2):
For polyatomic perfect gas (ex: CO2, NH3):

Try this! Suppose 0.100 mol of a monoatomic perfect gas undergoes the reversible cyclic process 1 → 2 →
3 → 4 → 1 shown below, where either P or V is held constant in each step. Calculate 𝑞, 𝑤, ∆𝑈 and ∆ for
each step and for the complete cycle.

To calculate the temperature for each point, use PV=nRT then T=PV/nR