ENERGY CHANGES

• The heat content of a system is its enthalpy Although,

according to the conservation of energy, the total
energy of the system and surroundings cannot change
during a process, heat can be transferred between a
system and its surroundings energy. The heat content of
a system is called its enthalpy, a name which comes
from the Greek word for ‘heat inside’. A system acts
like a reservoir of heat. When heat is added to a system
from the surroundings its enthalpy increases. Changes
in enthalpy are denoted by ∆H. ∆H is positive when
heat is added to the system