3.63 moles of a gas that follows the van der Waals equation of state are placed in a rigid container with a volume of 16.8 dm³ at 284.3 K. The container is heated to a temperature 376.4 K absorbing 3.65 kJ of heat in the process. Calculate AH in Joules for the gas during the process. For this gas the values of the van der Waals constants are: a = 3.38 atm dm6 mol-2 b= 5.18 x 10-2 dm³ mol-1 Be careful with signs!
Thermochemistry
Thermochemistry can be considered as a branch of thermodynamics that deals with the connections between warmth, work, and various types of energy, formed because of different synthetic and actual cycles. Thermochemistry describes the energy changes that occur as a result of reactions or chemical changes in a substance.
Exergonic Reaction
The term exergonic is derived from the Greek word in which ‘ergon’ means work and exergonic means ‘work outside’. Exergonic reactions releases work energy. Exergonic reactions are different from exothermic reactions, the one that releases only heat energy during the course of the reaction. So, exothermic reaction is one type of exergonic reaction. Exergonic reaction releases work energy in different forms like heat, light or sound. For example, a glow stick releases light making that an exergonic reaction and not an exothermic reaction since no heat is released. Even endothermic reactions at very high temperature are exergonic.
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