Chapter 5

Thermochemistry

1. The specific heat of iron is 0.451 J/g K. What is the molar specific heat of iron?
A. 0.451 J/mol K B. 26.0 J/mol K C. 25.2 J/mol K D. 55.85 J/mol K

2. When heat is transferred to the system, the process is said to be ------- and the sign of q is -------.
A. exothermic, positive. B. endothermic, positive
C. exothermic, negative D. endothermic, negative

3. What is ΔE for a system which has the following two steps?

Step 1: The system absorbs 60 J of heat while 40 J of work are performed on it.
Step 2. The system releases 30 J of heat while doing 70 J of work.
A. 110 J B. 100 J C. zero D. 90 J
2.
4. Which of the following is a state function?
A. enthalpy B. work C. heat D. power
3.
5. For a particular process q = 30 kJ and w = -25 kJ. What conclusion may be drawn for the process?
A. ΔE = 55 kJ
B. the system does work on the surroundings.
C. the heat transfer from the system to the surrounding.
D. the work energy transfer from the surrounding to the system.

6. How many joules of heat are required to heat 1.00 g of lead from 25 oC to the melting point
(327 °C) and melt all of it? (The specific heat capacity of lead is 0.159 J/g K and it requires 24.7
J/g to convert lead from the solid to the liquid state.)
A. 2.47 J B. 39.4 J C. 48.0 J D. 72.7 J

7. When 221 grams of water at a temperature of 25.0 oC is mixed with an unknown mass of water
at a temperature of 57.0 oC the final temperature of the resulting mixture is 33.1 oC. What was
the mass of the second sample of water?
A. 29.5 g B. 67.0 g C. 74.9 g D. 131 g

8. When 108 grams of water at a temperature of 22.5 oC is mixed with 65.1 grams of water at an
unknown temperature, the final temperature of the resulting mixture is 47.9 oC. What was the
temperature of the other sample of water?
A. 18.9 oC B. 67.0 oC C. 79.7 oC D. 90.0 oC

9. Calculate the amount of heat required to heat 357 grams of ethylene glycol (antifreeze) from 0
o
C to 110 oC. The specific heat of ethylene glycol is 2.42 J/g K.
A. 16.2 kJ B. 39.3 kJ C. 71.5 kJ D. 95.0 kJ

10. Calculate the specific heat of a certain unknown metal, if it requires 195 joules of heat to raise
the temperature of 12.1 grams of this metal by 34.6 oC.
A. 0.451 J/g K B. 0.335 J/g K C. 0.714 J/g K D. 0.816 J/g K
11. If 0.750 g of MgO is placed in a coffee-cup calorimeter and then 100.0 mL of 1.00 M HCl is
added, the temperature of the HCl solution increases from 22.8 oC to 28.7 oC. Based on this
information, calculate the enthalpy change for this reaction per mol of MgO. You may assume
that the specific heat of the solution is 4.20 J/g K and the density of the HCl solution is 1.00
g/mL.
A. -2.54 kJ/mol B. -29.8 kJ/mol C. -65.3 kJ/mol D. -134 kJ/mol

12. When a piece of unknown metal weighing 24.4 g, and at 119.3 oC, is placed in a calorimeter
containing 51.0 g of water at 19.6 oC, the temperature increases to 20.8 oC. If the specific heat
of the water is 4.18 J/g K and the specific heat of the calorimeter is 159 J/K, what is the specific
heat of the unknown metal?
A. 0.128 J/g K B. 0.186 J/g K C. 0.723 J/g K D. 1.12 J/g K

13. The standard molar enthalpy of combustion for C3H8(g) is -2044 kJ.
C3H8(g) + 5 O2(g) 2(g) + 4 H2O(l)
What is the standard enthalpy change for the combustion of 3.000 mols of C3H8(g)?
3 C3H8(g) + 15 O2 2(g) + 12 H2O(l)
A. -6132 kJ B. -4088 kJ C. -2044 kJ D. +2044 kJ

14. What is the value of the molar enthalpy (or heat) of combustion of C2H6(g) if the combustion of
3.01 grams of this gas at constant pressure releases 8.47 kilojoules of heat?
A. -0.847 kJ/mol B. -8.47 kJ/mol C. -84.7 kJ/mol D. -847 kJ/mol

15. The molar enthalpy (or heat) of combustion of C2H5OH is -277.7 kJ/mol. How many kJ of heat
will be released by the combustion of 9.22 g of C2H5OH at constant pressure?
A. 11.8 kJ B. 27.8 kJ C. 32.9 kJ D. 55.5 kJ

16. Calculate the standard molar enthalpy of formation for Na2O(s), given that the standard
enthalpy of formation for Na2O2(s) is -505 kJ/mol and the enthalpy change for the following
reaction
Na2O(s) + 1/2 O2 2O2(s) is -89.0 kJ/mol.

A. 594 kJ/mol B. 416 kJ/mol C. -416 kJ/mol D. -594 kJ/mol

17. Calculate the standard molar enthalpy of combustion for ethene, C2H4,
C2H4(g) + 3 O2 2(g) + 2 H2O(g)
based on the following standard enthalpies of formation: Δ H°ƒ[C2H4(g)] = +52.26 kJ/mol;
ΔH°ƒ[CO2(g)] = -393.5 kJ/mol; and Δ H°ƒ[H2O(g)] = -241.8 kJ/mol.
A. -204.3 kJ B. -583.8 kJ C. -687.6 kJ D. -1322.9 kJ

18. The standard molar enthalpy change is -802.3 kJ for the combustion of CH4(g).
CH4(g) + 2 O2 2(g) + 2 H2O(g)
Calculate the standard molar enthalpy of formation for CH4(g) based on the following standard
enthalpies of formation: ΔH°ƒ[CO2(g)] = -393.5 kJ/mol and ΔH°ƒ[H2O(g)] = -241.8 kJ/mol.
A. -1679 kJ/mol B. -125.4 kJ/mol C. -74.8 kJ/mol D. +892.4 kJ/mol
19. Calculate the enthalpy of vaporization for TiCl4
TiCl4 4(g) given the following enthalpies of reaction:
Ti(s) + 2 Cl2 4(l) ΔHo = -804.2 kJ
TiCl4 2(g) + Ti(s) ΔHo = 763.2 kJ
A. -80.4 kJ B. +41.0 kJ C. +80.4 kJ D. +127.3 kJ

20. Calculate the standard enthalpy change of reaction for the process
CH4(g) + 3 Cl2(g) 3(g) + 3 HCl(g)
using the following reactions:
HCl(g) → 1/2 H2(g) + 1/2 Cl2(g) ΔHo = +92.3 kJ
C(s) + 2 H2(g) → CH4(g) ΔHo = -74.8 kJ
C(s) + 1/2 H2(g) + 3/2 Cl2(g) 3(g) ΔHo = -103.1 kJ
A. -120.6 kJ B. -212.9 kJ C. -305.2 kJ D. -454.8 kJ

21. Calculate the standard enthalpy of formation for CH2N2, given the following standard enthalpies
of reaction:
CH2N2(s) + 3/2 O2(g) 2(g) + H2O(l) + N2(g) ΔH1 = -741.4 kJ/mol
C(s) + O2(g) → CO2(g) ΔH2 = -393.5
H2(g) + 1/2 O2(g) → H2O(l) ΔH3 = -285.8
A. +62.1 kJ/mol B. -633 kJ/mol C. -849 kJ/mol D. -1420 kJ/mol

ANSWER KEY

Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A.
1 C 6 D 11 D 16 C 21 A
2 B 7 C 12 B 17 D
3 C 8 D 13 A 18 C
4 A 9 D 14 C 19 B
5 B 10 A 15 D 20 C