Thermochemistry Energy in Chemical Reactions

Every chemical reaction obeys two fundamental laws the law of conservation of mass and the law of conservation of energy. We discussed the mass relationships between reactants and products in Chapter 0 here we will look at the energy changes that accompany physical and chemical reactions. 

1 Thermodynamics Is the Study of Energy and Its Transformations in Macroscopic Systems 

The redistribution of energy in chemical reactions is exemplified by the reaction of hydrogen and chlorine gas to form hydrogen chloride  

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This energy is either absorbed by the surroundings or will act to increase the temperature (average kinetic energy) of the reaction system. 

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The basic principles of thermodynamics are treated together in Chapters 7 Thermochemistry Energy in Chemical Reactions, and 8, Entropy, Free Energy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This... 

So far in this chapter our discussion has focused on thermochemistry, the study of the heat effects in chemical reactions. Thermochemistry is a branch of thermodynamics, which deals with all kinds of energy effects in all kinds of processes. Thermodynamics distinguishes between two types of energy. One of these is heat (q) the other is work, represented by the symbol w. The thermodynamic definition of work is quite different from its colloquial meaning. Quite simply, work includes all forms of energy except heat. 

The study of energy and energy transfer is known as thermodynamics. Chemists are interested in the branch of thermodynamics known as thermochemistry the study of energy involved in chemical reactions. 

The first law of thermodynamics leads to a broad array of physical and chemical consequences. In the following Sections 3.6.1-3.6.8, we describe the formal theory of heat capacity and the enthalpy function, the measurements of heating effects that clarified the energy and enthalpy changes in real and ideal gases under isothermal or adiabatic conditions, and the general first-law principles that underlie the theory and practice of thermochemistry, the measurement of heat effects in chemical reactions. 

The first latv is a restatement of law of conservation of energy, and therefore finds application wherever energy conservation is in question. But while dealing with energy conservation in chemical reactions, the application of first law has led to the evolution of a branch of science called Thermochemistry . 

Thermal pollution. The heating of the environment to temperatures that are harmful to its living inhabitants. (12.4) Thermochemical equation. An equation that shows both the mass and enthalpy relations. (6.3) Thermochemistry. The study of heat changes in chemical reactions. (6.2) Thermodynamics. The scientific study of the interconversion of heat and other forms of energy. (6.7)... 

The subject of thermochemistry deals with the heat changes resulting from chemical processes its laws are direct consequences of the first law of thermodynamics. As most reactions are carried out under constant pressure, our treatment will be restricted to a discussion of enthalpy changes. A corresponding set of equations could easily be obtained for the internal energy. In this section we discuss heat changes in chemical reactions and the thermochemistry of solutions. 

Experimental measurements of the energy changes in chemical reactions are made by calorimetry, the study of heat flow. Heat flow is important in engineering design, and the ability to relate heat flow to temperature change, for example, is a key skill in both thermochemistry and engineering. 

The two most traditional actors in chemistry, the chemical reaction and heat, were joined to conceive thermochemistry . Just as the fall of a body is characterized by the work of mechanical forces, the decrease in potential energy and the creation of kinetic energy, a chemical reaction must be defined by the work of chemical forces and the decrease in potential of these forces. Work and decreases in potential were measured by the amount of heat released by reaetion. The state of equilibrium thus beeame the state in which the potential of chemical forces had reached its minimum value. It was a transposition of the old doctrine of effective affinities and corresponds to the discrimination among chemical reactions. The natural chemical reaction was the one spontaneously giving off heat while the endothermic reactions were considered constrained by an external action, by the chemist who adds the heat (preference to higher temperatures). 

Thermochemistry is concerned with the study of thermal effects associated with phase changes, formation of chemical compouncls or solutions, and chemical reactions in general. The amount of heat (Q) liberated (or absorbed) is usually measured either in a batch-type bomb calorimeter at fixed volume or in a steady-flow calorimeter at constant pressure. Under these operating conditions, Q= Q, = AU (net change in the internal energy of the system) for the bomb calorimeter, while Q Qp = AH (net change in the enthalpy of the system) for the flow calorimeter. For a pure substance. 

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