Answer: see figure attached and explanation below.
Explanation:
1) Chemical equation (given):
Fe + CuCl₂ → Cu + FeCl₂
2) ΔHf reactants: -256 kJ/mol (given)
3) ΔHf products: - 321 kJ/mol (given)
4) ΔH reaction = ΔHf products - ΔHf reactants = - 321 kJ/mol - (- 256 kJ/mol) = - 65 kJ/mol
5) Conclusion:
i) Since ΔHf of products is less (more negative) than ΔHf of reactants, the reaction is exhotermic: the reaction released energy, which is the reason why the products content less potential energy than the reactants.
ii) Then, the energy diagram is the typical one of an exothermic reaction: the products start a certain potential energy level, the energy incrases until reaching the activation energy (the energy barrier to form the activated complex) and then energy decreases until a level below the energy of the reactants.
iii) See the attached figure with such kind of diagram showing the products at a lower level than the reactans
I did the test and the answer is C.
Correct Question:
A chemist measures the enthalpy change ΔH during the following reaction: Fe(s) + 2HCl(g)-->FeCl2(s) + H2 ΔH=-157.0 kJ. Use this information to complete the table below. Round each of your answers to the nearest kJ/mol
Answer:
-314 kJ
+628 kJ
+157 kJ
Explanation:
The enthalpy change of a reaction measures the amount of heat that is lost or gained by it. If ΔH >0 the heat is gained, and the reaction is called endothermic, if ΔH<0, the heat is lost, and the reaction is called exothermic.
If the reaction is inverted, the value of ΔH is inverted too (the opposite endothermic reaction is exothermic), and if the reaction is multiplied by a constant, ΔH will be multiplied by it too.
1) 2Fe(s) + 4HCl --> 2FeCl2(s) + 2H2(g)
This reaction is the product of the given reaction by 2, so
ΔH = 2*(-157) = -314 kJ
2) 4FeCl2(s) + 4H2(g) --> 4Fe(s) + 8HCl(g)
This reaction is the inverted reaction given multiplied by 4, so
ΔH = 4*(157) = +628 kJ
3) FeCl2(s) + H2(g) --> Fe(s) + 2HCl
This reaction is the inverted reaction given, so
ΔH = +157 kJ
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