1. A cup of water is used in an experiment.

Its heat capacity is known to be

720 J C-1. How much heat will it absorb if the experimental temperature
changed from 19.2 oC to 23.5oC?
2. Calculate the specific heat of a metal if it takes 235 J to raise the
temperature of a 32.91g sample by 2.53 C.
3. A 43.29 g sample of solid is transferred from boiling water (t = 99.8 oC) to
152 g water at 22.5 C in a coffee cup. The twater rose to 24.3 C.
Calculate the specific heat of the solid.
4. What is the heat capacity of the container if 100. g of water (s = 4.184 J g1 o -1
C ) at 100oC are added to 100. g of water at 25 oC in the container and
the final temperature is 61 oC?
5. Ethyl chloride is prepared by reaction of ethylene with HCl. How much PV work (in J) is done if 89.5 g ethylene and 125 g of HCl are allowed to
react at atmospheric pressure and the volume change is -71.5 L? (1 L
atm = 101 J)
6. Calculate the work (in kilojoules) done during a synthesis of ammonia in
which the volume contracts from 8.6 L to 4.3 L at a constant external
pressure of 44 atm.
7. A sample of 500 mg naphthalene (C10H8) is combusted in a bomb
calorimeter containing 1000 g of water. The temperature of the water
increases from 20.00 oC to 24.37 oC. The calorimeter constant is 420 J/oC.
What is the change in internal energy for the reaction? swater = 4.184 J/gC
8. A 252 mg sample of benzoic acid, C6H5CO2H, is combusted in a bomb
calorimeter containing 814 g water at 20.00 oC. The reaction increases the
temperature of the water to 21.70 oC. What is the internal energy
released by the process?
9. When 50.0 mL of 0.987 M H2SO4 is added to 50.0 mL of 1.00 M NaOH at
25.0 C in a coffee cup calorimeter, the temperature of the aqueous
solution increases to 31.7 C. Calculate heat for the reaction per mole of
limiting reactant.
Assume that the specific heat of the solution is 4.18 J/gC, the density is
1.00 g/mL, and that the calorimeter itself absorbs a negligible amount of
heat
10. A sample of 50.00 mL of 0.125 M HCl at 22.36 oC is added to a 50.00
mL of 0.125 M Ca(OH)2 at 22.36 oC. The calorimeter constant was 72 JC-1.
The temperature of the solution (s = 4.184 J g-1 C-1, d = 1.00 g/mL)
climbed to 23.30 C. Which of the following is not true?
A.
qcal = 67.7 J
B.
qsolution = 393.3 J
C.
qrxn = 461.0 J
D.
qrxn = -461.0 J
E.
None of these
11. 2C2H2(g) + 5O2(g) 4CO2(g) + 2H2O(g) H = -2511 kJ
The reactants (acetylene and oxygen) have 2511 kJ more energy than the
products. How many kJ are released for 1 mol C2H2?
12. 6CO2(g) + 6H2O(l) C6H12O6(s) + 6O2(g) H = 2816 kJ

How many kJ are required for 44 g CO2 (molar mass = 44.01 g/mol)?
13. If 100. kJ are provided, what mass of CO2 can be converted to glucose?
14. The meals-ready-to-eat (MRE) in the military can be heated on a
flameless heater. Assume the reaction in the heater is
Mg(s) + 2H2O(l) Mg(OH)2(s) + H2(g)
H = -353 kJ
What quantity of magnesium is needed to supply the heat required to
warm 25 mL of water from 25 to 85 C? Specific heat of water = 4.184 J
g-1 C-1. Assume the density of the solution is the same as for water at 25
C, 1.00 g mL-1
15. Consider the thermite reaction. The reaction is initiated by the heat
released from a fuse or reaction The enthalpy change is -848 kJ mol -1
Fe2O3 at 298 K.
2Al(s) + Fe2O3(s) 2Fe(s) + Al2O3(s)
What mass of Fe (molar mass: 55.847 g mol-1) is made when 500 kJ are
released?
16. Ethyl chloride is prepared by reaction of ethylene with HCl:
C2H4(g) + HCl(g) C2H5Cl(g) H = -72.3 kJ
What is the value of E if 89.5 g ethylene and 125 g of HCl are allowed to
react at atmospheric pressure and the volume change is -71.5 L?
17. How can we calculate the enthalpy change for the reaction
2 H2(g) + N2(g) N2H4(g) using these equations?
N2H4(g) + H2(g) 2NH3(g)
H = -187.8 kJ
3H2(g) + N2(g) 2NH3(g) H = -92.4 kJ
18. Calculate H for 2C(s) + H2(g) C2H2(g) using:
2C2H2(g) + 5O2(g) 4CO2(g) + 2H2O(l) H = -2599.2 kJ
C(s) + O2(g) CO2(g)
H = -393.5 kJ
H2O(l) H2(g) + O2(g)
H = +285.9 kJ
19. What is the energy of the following process:
6A + 9B + 3D + F 2G
Given that:
C A + 2B
H = 20.2 kJ/mol
2C + D E + B
H = 30.1 kJ/mol
3E + F 2G
H = -80.1 kJ/mol
20. What is the enthalpy for the following reaction?

H
f

2H CO (aq) +
2 3

2OH (aq)

-699.65 kJ/mol

-230.0 kJ/mol

2H O(l)
2
-285.9 kJ/mol

2HCO

(aq)

-691.99 kJ/mol