2.17 The standard enthalpy of formation of ethylbenzene is 12.5 kJ.mol 1 .

Calculate its standard enthalpy of combustion.

2.18 The standard enthalpy of combustion of cyclopropane is 2091 kJ.mol 1 at
25C. From this information and enthalpy of formation data for CO2(g) and H2O(g),
calculate the enthalpy of formation of cyclopropane. The enthalpy of formation of
propene is +20.42 kJ.mol1 . Calculate the enthalpy of isomerization of cyclopropane
to propene.
2.19 When 120 mg of naphthalene, C10H8(s), was burned in a bomb calorimeter the
temperature rose by 3.05 K. Calculate the calorimeter constant. By how much will
the temperature rise when 10 mg of phenol, C6H5OH(s), is burned in the calorimeter
under the same conditions?
3.12 The standard enthalpy of combustion of solid phenol (C 6H5OH) is 3054
kJ.mol1 at 298 K and its standard molar entropy is 144.0 JK1 mol1. Calculate the
standard Gibbs energy of formation of phenol at 298 K.
3.13. Calculate the change in the entropies of the system and the surroundings, and
the total change in entropy, when a sample of nitrogen gas of mass 14 g at 298 K
and 1.00 bar doubles its volume in (a) an isothermal reversible expansion, (b) an
isothermal irreversible expansion against pext = 0, and (c) an adiabatic reversible
expansion
3.14
Calculate the maximum nonexpansion work per mole that may be obtained
from a fuel cell in which the chemical reaction is the combustion of methane at
298K
4.5 When benzene freezes at 5.5 C its density changes from 0.879 g cm3 to
0.891 g cm3. Its enthalpy of fusion is 10.59 kJ mol1. Estimate the freezing point
of benzene at 100 atm
7.11 The standard Gibbs energy of formation of NH3(g) is 16.5 kJmol -1 at 298K.
What is the reaction Gibbs energy when the partial pressures of the N2, H2, and NH3
(treated as perfect gases) are 3.0 bar, 1.0 bar, and 4.0 bar, respectively? What is the
spontaneous direction of the reaction in this case?
7.12 Estimate the temperature at which CaCO3 (calcite) decomposes
22.7 The rate constant for the first-order decomposition of N2O5 in the reaction 2
N2O5(g) 4 NO2(g) + O2(g) is k = 3.38 10-5 s-1 at 25C. What is the half life of
N2O5? What will be the pressure, initially 500 Torr, after (a) 10 s, (b) 10 min after
initiation of the reaction?
22.8 A second-order reaction of the type A + B P was carried out in a solution
that was initially 0.050 mol dm-3 in A and 0.080 mol dm-3 in B. After 1.0 h the
concentration of A had fallen to 0.020 mol dm-3 . (a) Calculate the rate constant. (b)
What is the half-life of the reactants?