When 2.85 g of HC7H5O2 (molar mass = 122.12 g/mol) was burned in a bomb calorimeter, the temperature of the calorimeter changed from 24.05 ºC to 29.19 ºC. What is the heat capacity of the calorimeter in units of kJ/ºC?
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.
Since it can be obtained in very high purity, benzoic acid is one of the classic materials used for determining the heat capacity of bomb calorimeters.
The heat of combustion of benzoic acid, HC7H5O2 is -3227 kJ mol-1.
When 2.85 g of HC7H5O2 (molar mass = 122.12 g/mol) was burned in a bomb calorimeter, the temperature of the calorimeter changed from 24.05 ºC to 29.19 ºC. What is the heat capacity of the calorimeter in units of kJ/ºC?
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