Chemistry Practice Problems

Thermochemistry: Calculating Enthalpy Change

Problems:  
1. Use the table of enthalpies of formation provided below to determine the standard
enthalpy of the following reaction.
2ZnS(s) + 3 O2(g) à 2ZnO(s) + 2SO2(g)
1. Substance 2. ΔH fo , kJ/mol 3. Substance 4. ΔH fo , kJ/mol

5. ZnS(s) 6. –202.9 7. SO2(g) 8. –296.4

9. ZnO(s) 10. –348.0 11. SO3(g) 12. –395.2

2. Use the data in the table provided below to verify that the heat capacity of the coffee cup
calorimeter (constant pressure calorimeter) is negligible in the following calorimetry
experiment.
In a coffee cup calorimeter, 25.00 mL of 0.100 M-HCl at 25.20 oC and 10.00 mL of
0.125 M-Ba(OH)2 at 25.20 oC are combined. The reaction mixture reaches a final
temperature of 26.15 oC.

ΔH fo H 2 O(l ) –285.8 kJ/mol Density of solution 1.001 g/mL

ΔH fo H + (aq) 0.0 kJ/mol Specific Heat of solution 4.184 g/mL

ΔH fo OH - (aq) –229.94 kJ/mol

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3. Given:
C6H12O6(s) + 6O2(g) à 6CO2(g) + 6 H2O(l) ΔHrxn = –2801.3 kJ
13. C2H4(g) + H2O(l) àC2H5OH(l) ΔHrxn = –43.5 kJ
2C(graphite) + 2H2(g) à C2H4(g) ΔHrxn = 52.3 kJ
14. 2H2(g) + O2(g) à 2H2O(l) ΔHrxn = –571.6 kJ
15. C(graphite) + O2(g) à CO2(g) ΔHrxn = –393.5 kJ
16.
17. Determine the enthalpy change for the overall reaction of the fermentation of glucose to
produce alcohol:
C6H12O6(s) à 2C2H5OH(l) + 2CO2(g) ΔHrxn = ?

4. Using bond energies provided in the table below, estimate the enthalpy for the
fermentation of glucose.

18. Average Bond Energies kJ/mol

19. C–C 20. C–H 21. C–O 22. O–H 23. C=O 24. C=O in
CO2

25. 337 26. 414 27. 351 28. 460 29. 745 30. 799