Answer D, because it's acid
This solute-solvent interaction will release energy into the surroundings and makes the beaker warm.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The sulfuric acid is dissolved in water and it formed a solvation sphere of water molecules around the sulphur ions. So on stirring the beaker is getting warm. As the beaker is getting warm, this means the reaction occuring between sulfuric acid and water is exothermic reaction.
And so the energy is released into the surroundings. The energy released came from the breaking of bonds of sulfuric acid, as the acid is getting dissociated in water.
So, the release of energy in the surroundings lead to the warming of the beaker. Hence, the solute-solvent interaction release energy into the surroundings.
Answer:
D. The electrochemical reaction of the battery must be reversible.
Explanation:
The batteries are based on the production of an electric flux given by a<u> redox reaction</u>. This reaction is <u>spontaneous</u> and is<u> thermodynamically favored</u>.
Thus, when the reactants to the reaction are finished, the flow of current stops and ends. Therefore, when current is administered from another source, the reaction <u>changes its direction</u> and reagents that were previously consumed begin to occur. Therefore the condition for it to be <u>rechargeable</u> is that the reaction can go <u>forward or backward</u>, that is, it is <u>reversible</u>.
