Recent content by wushuguy

Wow. I was not aware of how unclear my understanding of this was. Thank you both for setting me straight.

I just finished up my first class of chemistry, and have a question on something that I just can't figure out. The delta H of formation for diatomic molecules is 0. I just don't understand why this is. If there is a reaction, and O2 is one of the products, why is there no heat released when...