SKKK 2123 – 02 Homework

HOMEWORK 3
SKKK 2123 (Chapter 9)
DATE DUE: 17th November 2015 at 8.00 am

Instructions: Boxed your numerical answers. State your basis and

assumptions. Late homework will not be accepted.

9.1. The standard heat of the reaction

4 NH3(g) + 5O2(g) 4NO(g) + 6H2O(g)

is

Δ = -904.7 kJ/mol

(a) Briefly explain what that means. Your explanation may take the
form "When (specify quantities of reactant species and
their physical states) react to form (quantities of product
species and their physical state), the change in enthalpy is
"
(b) Is the reaction exothermic or endothermic at 25ºC? Would you
have to heat or cool the reactor to keep the temperature constant?
What would the temperature do if the reactor ran adiabatically?
What can you infer about the energy required to break the
molecular bonds of the reactants and that released when the
product bonds form?
(c) What is Δ for

2NH3(g) + O2 2NO(g) + 3H2O(g)

(d) What is Δ for

NO(g) + H2(g) NH3(g) + O2

(e) Estimate the enthalpy change associated with the consumption of

340 g NH3/s if the reactants and products are all at 25ºC. (See
Example 9.1-1.) What have you assumed about the reactor
pressure? (You don't have to assume that it equals 1 atm.)
(f) The values of Δ given in this problem apply to water vapor at
25ºC and 1 atm, and yet the normal boiling point of water is
100ºC. Can water exist as a vapor at 25ºC and a total pressure of
1 atm? Explain your answer.

9.4. The standard heat of the reaction

CaC2(s) + 5H2O(l) CaO(s) + 2CO2(g) + 5H2(g)

is Δ = +69.36 kJ/mol.

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(a) Is the reaction exothermic or endothermic at 25ºC? Would you

have to heat or cool the reactor to keep the temperature constant?
What would the temperature do if the reactor ran adiabatically?
What can you infer about the energy required to break the
molecular bonds of the reactants and that released when the
product bonds form?
(b) Calculate Δ for this reaction. (See Example 9.1-2.) Briefly
explain the physical significance of your calculated value.
(c) Suppose you charge 150.0 g of CaC2 and liquid water into a rigid
container at 25ºC, heat the container until the calcium carbide
reacts completely, and cool the products back down to 25ºC,
condensing essentially all the unconsumed water. Write and
simplify the energy balance equation for this closed
constant-volume system and use it to determine the net amount of
heat (kJ) that must be transferred to or from the reactor (state
which).

9.5. Use Hess's law to calculate the standard heat of the water-gas shift
reaction

CO(g) + H2O(v) CO2(g) + H2(g)

from each of the two sets of data given here.

(a) CO(g) + H2O(l) CO2(g) + H2(g): Δ =+1226

Btu/lb-mole
H2O(l) H2O(v): Δ = +18,935 Btu/lb-mole
(b) CO(g) + ½O2(g) CO2(g): Δ = -121,740 Btu/lb-mole
H2(g) + ½O2(g) H2O(v): Δ = -104,040 Btu/lb-mole

9.7. Use tabulated heats of formation (Table B.I.) to determine the standard
heats of the following reactions in kJ/mol, letting the stoichiometric
coefficient of the first reactant in each reaction equal one.
(a) Nitrogen + oxygen react to form nitric oxide (NO).
(b) Gaseous n-pentane + oxygen react to form carbon monoxide +
liquid water.
(c) Liquid n-hexane + oxygen react to form carbon dioxide + water
vapor. After doing the calculation, write the stoichiometric
equations for the formation of the reactant and product species,
then use Hess's law to derive the formula you used to calculate
Δ .
(d) Liquid sodium sulfate + carbon monoxide react to form liquid
sodium sulfide + carbon dioxide. (Note that Table B.1 only lists the
heats of formation of the solid sodium salts. To estimate the
required heat of reaction, you will also need to use tabulated
heats of fusion.)

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9.9. The standard heat of combustion of gaseous acetylene is listed in

Table B.1 as - 1299.6 kJ/mol.
(a) In your own words, briefly explain what that means. (Your
explanation should mention the reference states used to define
the tabulated heats of combustion.)
(b) Use tabulated heats of formation to verify the given value of Δ .
(c) Calculate the standard heat of the acetylene hydrogenation
reaction

C2H2(g) + 2H2(g) C2H6(g)

using (i) tabulated heats of formation and (ii) tabulated heats of

combustion (Equation 9.4-1). (d) Write the stoichiometric
equations for the combustion reactions of acetylene, hydrogen,
and ethane, and use Hess's law to derive the formula you used in
part (c-ii).

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