Solve Chemistry Exam Qns - NO2, Copper & Equilibrium

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The discussion focuses on solving three chemistry exam questions involving enthalpy, heat transfer, and equilibrium constants. The first question requires calculating the standard enthalpy of formation of NO2 using the reaction 2NO + O2 ---> 2NO2 and the given enthalpy of NO. The second question involves determining the final temperature of a system with 200g of copper at 100°C mixed with 1000g of water at 25°C, utilizing the specific heat capacities of both substances. The third question addresses the relationship between equilibrium constants, specifically how to derive the equilibrium constant for the reaction 2C <===> 2A + 2B from the given constant for A + B <===> C.

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someone could juz tell me roughly how to work out this set of qn please? i have been thinking and doing a lot of workings but none of the ans is remotely close to the ans... :(

1) the reaction below releases 56.6kj of heat at 298k for each mole of NO2 formed at a constant pressure of 1 atm. what is the standard enthalpy of formation of NO2 given the standard enthalpy of NO is 90.4kj mol

2NO + O2 ---> 2NO2

2) a 200g of copper at 100 degrees celsius is dropped into 1000g of water at 25 degrees celsius. what is the final temp of the system?

specific heat of water is 4.18J and copper is 0.400 J

3) if the equilibrium constant for A + B <===> C is 0.123, the equilibrium constant when 2C <===> 2A + 2B is?
 
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Question Two

HINT: Energy lost by copper is equal to the energy gained by the water. Try setting up simultaneous equations.

Question Three

HINT: You have increased the concentration of all the reactants equally.
 
For Question One, use the fact that \Delta H = \Sigma (\Delta H_{products})-\Sigma (\Delta H_{reactants}). You know that since oxygen is a pure element, its heat of formation is zero. You know that \Delta H, and you know \Sigma (\Delta H_{reactants}). You have to find \Sigma (\Delta H_{products}).

For Question Two, you know that q = mc(T_{f} - T_{i}). Find the heat that the copper is holding. Now that you know q, you also know that it is all transferred to the water, so write another q-equation, but this time you are solving for T of the water. Find the equilibrium temperature of the water and copper system - that is your T_{f} for the copper. You know the T_{i} for both the copper and the water, so all you do now is plug and chug.

For Question Three, write the K_{eq} equation for A + B <===> C, then write it for 2C <===> 2A + 2B. Remember that when you flip the reactants and the products, you have to take the reciprocal of K_{eq}, and that when you multiply the coefficients all by a number N, you have to raise all of the terms in the K_{eq} equation to that power N. So, for example: The equilibrium constant for a reaction A + B + C <===> D + E + F is \frac{[D][E][F]}{[A]<b>[C]}</b>. For 3D + 3E + 3F <===> 3A + 3B + 3C, it is \frac{[A]^{3}<b>^{3}[C]^{3}}{[D]^{3}[E]^{3}[F]^{3}}</b>.
 
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