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Chapter 5 - Thermochemistry
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Chemistry
Undergraduate 1
05/04/2010

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Thermochemical Equation
Definition
the chemical equation of a reaction that includes heat as a reactant or product
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Energy
Definition
the capacity to transfer heat or to do work
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Heat
Definition
energy transferred between objects because of a difference in their temperatures
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Work
Definition
moving an object through a distance
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Thermodynamics
Definition
study of energy and its transformations
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Thermochemistry
Definition
study of the relations between chemical reactions and changes in heart energy
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Heat Transfer
Definition
te process of heat energy flowing form one object to another
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Thermal Equilibrium
Definition
a condition in which temperature is constant throughout a material and no heart flow occurs from point to point
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Potential Energy
Definition
the energy stored in an object because of its position
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State Function
Definition
a property of an entity based solely on its chemical or physical state or both, but no on how it achieved that state
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Kinetic Energy
Definition
the energy of an object in motion because of its mass and speed
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Law of Conservation of Energy
Definition
states that energy cannot be created or destroyed
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Thermal Energy
Definition
the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules
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Electrostatic Potential Energy
Definition
the energy of a particle because of its position with respect to another particle it is directly proportional to the product of the charges of the particles and inversely proportional to the distance between them.
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System
Definition
the part of the universe that is the focus of a thermodynamic study
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Surroundings
Definition
everything that is not part of the system
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Isolated System
Definition
Exchanges neither energy nor matter with the surroundings
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Closed System
Definition
exchanges energy but not matter with the surroundings
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Open System
Definition
exchanges energy and matter with the surroundings
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Exothermic
Definition
heat flows from the system into its surroundings
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Endothermic
Definition
heat flows from the surroundings into the system
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Internal Energy
Definition
the sum of all the KE and PE of all the components of the system
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First Law of Thermodynamics
Definition
states that the energy gained or lost by a system must equal the energy lost or gained by the surroundings
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Calorie
Definition
the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree celcius
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Joule
Definition
the SI unite of energy
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Pressure-Volume Work
Definition
work associated with the expansion or compression of gases
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Enthalpy
Definition
the sum of the internal energy and the pressure-volume product of a system
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Change in Enthalpy
Definition
the heat gained or lost by the system for a reaction carried out at constant pressure
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Change in Enthalpy
Definition
the heat gained or lost by the system for a reaction carried out at constant pressure
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Change in Enthalpy
Definition
the heat gained or lost by the system for a reaction carried out at constant pressure
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Change in Enthalpy
Definition
the heat gained or lost by the system for a reaction carried out at constant pressure
Term
Change in Enthalpy
Definition
the heat gained or lost by the system for a reaction carried out at constant pressure
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Change in Enthalpy
Definition
the heat gained or lost by the system for a reaction carried out at constant pressure
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Molar Heat Capacity
Definition
the heat required to raise the temperature of one mole of a substance by one degree celsius
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Specific Heat
Definition
the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree celsius at constant pressure
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Molar Heat of Fusion
Definition
the heat required to convert one mole of a solid substance at its melting point to one mole of liquid
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Molar Heat of Vaporization
Definition
the heat required to convert one mole of a substance at its boiling point to one mole of vapor
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Calorimetry
Definition
the measurement of the change in heat that occurs during a physical change or chemical process
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Calorimeter
Definition
the device used to measure the absorption or release of heat by a physical or chemical process
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Enthalpy of reaction
Definition
the heat absorbed or given off by a chemical reaction
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Bomb calorimeter
Definition
a constant-voume device used to measure the heat of a combustion reaction
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Calorimeter Constant
Definition
heat capacity of a calorimeter
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Standard Enthalpy of Formation
Definition
the enthalpy change of a formation reaction
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Formation Reaction
Definition
the process of forming one mole of a substance in its standard state from its component elements in their standard states
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Standard State
Definition
most stable form of a substance under one bar pressure and some specified temperature
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Standard Enthalpy of Reaction
Definition
the heat associated with a reaction that takes place under standard conditions
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Fuel Value
Definition
the energy released during complete combustion of one gram of a substance
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Food Value
Definition
the amount of heat produced when a material consumed by an organism for sustenance is burned completely
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Hess' Law
Definition
states that the enthalpy change of a reaction that is the sum of two or more reactions is equal to the sum of the enthalpy changes of the constituent reactions
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