THERMOCHEMISTRY Flashcards
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the study of energy or heat flow that accompanies a chemical reaction and/or physical transformations.
Thermochemistry
a branch of thermodynamics that deals with the interconversion of energy between 2 forms:
heat and work
Capacity to do work or to produce heat
energy
a branch of thermodynamics that deals with the interconversion of energy between 2 forms:
heat and work
energy can be converted from one form to another but can be neither created nor destroyed.
law of conservation of energy
The total energy content of the universe is constant.
true
energy due to position or composition
potential energy
involves the transfer of energy between two objects due to a temperature difference.
heat
force acting over a distance
work
Energy is a state function; work and heat are not State Function
true
energy due to motion of the object and depends on the mass of the object and its velocity
kinetic energy
property that does not depend in any way on the system’s past or future (only depends on present state).
state function
is a form of energy transfer between two objects as a result of their difference in temperature
heat
is the part of the universe being studied or to which attention is focused.
system
include everything else in the universe.
surroundings
part of the universe in which we focus our attention (the reaction)
system
anything that is not the system (the beaker, our hands, a solvent, a thermometer, etc.)
surrounding
can exchange matter, can exchange heat energy
open system
no exchange of matter, can exchange heat energy
closed system
can exchange matter, can exchange heat energy
open system
no exchange of matter
isolated system
Heat flow is into a system.
Absorb energy from the surroundings.
endothermic reaction
Energy flows out of the system.
Energy gained by the surroundings must be equal to the energy lost by the system.
exothermic reaction