Hess's Law Explained | Simple Explanation for Enthalpy Change

[IDK10]

Homework Statement

I need to research Hess' law, but I can't find a simple explanation. I know that the enthalpy change between the reactants and products is the same as the enthalpy change between the reactants and something else, and between that something else and the products, but I don't know what this something else is.

Homework Equations

None I know

The Attempt at a Solution

I looked online, but it went into great detail about it.

 

[mjc123]

ANYTHING else. Because enthalpy is a state function, the change in enthalpy depends only on the initial and final states, and not on the path taken between them. So the enthalpy change for the process A → B is the same as that for the process A → C → B, or that for A → D → E → F → B, whatever C, D etc. are.

 

[IDK10]

ANYTHING else. Because enthalpy is a state function, the change in enthalpy depends only on the initial and final states, and not on the path taken between them. So the enthalpy change for the process A → B is the same as that for the process A → C → B, or that for A → D → E → F → B, whatever C, D etc. are.

OK, thanks.