Unit 7 Flashcards
(40 cards)
The first law of thermodynamics
Shares that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only transformed between forms, this means chemical reactions involve a transfer of heat
The second law of thermodynamics
The second law of thermodynamics states that processes that involve the transfer or conversion of heat energy are irreversible and always move toward more disorder.
States that the entropy of a system will increase (the disorder of energy in a process should increase)
System
All of the reactants and products
Surroudinings
All things that contain and interact with the system
System + surroundings=
Universe
Endothermic reaction
Heat flows into the system from the surroundings
Heat of reaction can be written in as one of the reactants
Change of heat is a positive value
Surroundings get colder
Exothermic reaction
Heat flows out of a system and into the surroundings
Heat of a reaction can be written in as one of the products
Change of heat is a negative value
Surroundings get hotter
Melting
A solid changes into a liquid
Endothermic reactions (gain of heat)
Melting point
The temperature at which a solid turns into a liquid
Evaporation
A liquid changing into a gas
Endothermic reaction (gain of heat)
Boiling point
The temperature at which a liquid turns into a gas
Sublimation
A solid changing directly into a gas
Endothermic reaction (gained heat)
Freezing
A liquid changing into a solid
Exothermic reaction (Losing heat/getting colder)
Freezing point
The temperature at which a liquid turns solid
Condensation
A gas turns into a liquid
Exothermic reaction (losing heat/getting colder)
Condensation point
The temperature at which a gas turns into a liquid
Disposition
A gas turning into a solid
Exothermic reaction (Losing heat/getting cold)
Heating curves
A heating curve shows temperature increase as heat is added to a substance
Heating curves begin with a solid and progress to a gas
Positive correlation between time and temperature
Cooling curves
A cooling curve shows temperature decrease as heat is removed from a substance
Cooling curves begins with a gas and ends at a solid
Negative correlation between temperature and time
Reading heating and cooling curves
Diagonal lines indicate a state of matter changing temperature
Horizontal lines indicate a phase change
Thermodynamics
The science of the relationship between heat and temperature and now they influence energy and the ability to do work
Specific heat capacity
The amount of heat required to change the temperature of 1 gram of a substance up 1 degree celsius
Heat
The transfer of thermal energy between molecules
Temperature
A measure of the average kinetic energy of molecules in a substance