CHEMISTRY

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1. During a process, a system absorbs 710 k J of heat and does work. The change in internal energy for the
process is 460 J. What is the work done by the system?

2. Three moles of hydrogen gas are compressed isothermally and reversibly from 60 L to 20 L and 8.50 kJ
of work is done on it. Assuming ideal behavior, calculate the temperature of the gas. (log 3 = 0.4771).

3. The enthalpy changes for the reaction:

N2 (g) + 3H2 (g)  2NH3 (g) is 92.38 kJ at 298 K.
What is the change in internal energy at this temperature?

4. The enthalpy changes for the following reactions at 298 K and 1 atm are given below:
a) CH3COOH (l) + 2O2 (g)  2 CO2 (g) + 2H2O (l) ΔH = -874 kJ
b) CH3CH2OH (l) + 3O2 (g)  2CO2 (g) + 2H2O (l) ΔH = -1363 kJ
Calculate the internal energy change for these reactions

5. A gas expands isothermally and reversibly from 10 dm3 to 20 dm3 at 27°C and the work obtained is
4.620 kJ. Calculate the number of moles of the gas.
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CHEMISTRY
THERMODYNAMICS
PRACTICE NUMERICALS
WORKSHEET II

1. The standard heat of formation of Fe2O3(s) is -824.2 kJ mol-1. Calculate the heat change for the reaction:
4Fe(s) + 3O2(g)  2Fe2O3(s) (Ans: -1648.4 kJ)

2. The value of H and U when methane is completely oxidized are -80.0 kJ mol-1 and -75.998 kJ mol-1
respectively. Calculate the temperature. (Ans: 240.6 K)

3. Given:
2H2(g) + O2(g)  2H2O(l) ΔrH = -571.66 kJ
N2O5(g) + H2O(l)  2HNO3(l) ΔrH = -92 kJ N2(g) + 3O2(g) + H2(g) 
2HNO3(l) ΔrH = -348.2 kJ
Calculate the heat of reaction for 2N2(g) + 5O2(g)  2N2O5(g) (Ans: 59.26 kJ)

4. The reaction between gaseous chlorine and hydrogen is:

H2(g) + Cl2(g)  2HCl(g) ΔrH° = - 184.0 kJ
a) What is the enthalpy of formation of HCl?
b) How much heat will be liberated at 298 K and 1 atm for the formation of 365 g of HCl?
(Ans: -92 kJ, -920 kJ)

5. Calculate the heat of combustion of ethane from the following data:

C(graphite) + O2(g)  CO2(g) ΔfH° = -395 kJ
H2(g) + ½ O2(g)  H2O(l) ΔfH° = -269.4 kJ
6C(graphite) + 6H2(g) + 3O2(g)  C6H12O6(s) ΔfH° = -1169.8 kJ
(Ans: -2816.6 kJ)