Thermochemistry Free response practice
PSI Chemistry
Name_____________________________
Heating Curves
Figure A. The graph below shows a heating curve produced when 1.00 mole of a pure
substance was gradually heated by a source of constant energy and the temperature was
measured periodically.
1. What is the boiling point of this substance? _________
2. What is the melting point of this substance? _________
3. Does this substance have a greater heat of fusion (Hfus) or heat of vaporization(Hvap)?
____________ How can you tell? ________________________________________________
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4. For how many minutes is any of the substance in a liquid form? ___________
5. For how many minutes is any of the substance in a solid form? ___________
6. Which will have a greater specific heat, the solid form of this substance, or the liquid form?
__________________ How can you tell? __________________________________________
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7. Draw the heating curve of a substance that meets the following criteria:
a) melting point of 150 K
b) boiling point of 300 K
c) specific heat of the liquid is greater than the specific heat of the solid form of this
substance
The standard heats of formation of three hydrocarbons are given below.
Substance
Standard Heat of Formation, Hf o (kJ/mol)
C2H2, acetylene
+227
CH3OH, methanol
-239
C2H5OH, ethanol
-278
CO (g)
-111
CO2(g)
-394
H2O(l)
-285
8) This is the balanced equation showing the complete combustion of acetylene:
2 C2H2
+
5 O2 (g)

4 CO2(g)
+
2 H2O(l)
a) Calculate the heat of reaction, H, in kJ.
b) Calculate the heat of combustion,Hcomb, in kJ per mole acetylene (kJ/mol).
c) Calculate the enthalpy change, H, when 1.00 g of acetylene C2H2, is completely
burned.
d) Is the enthalpy change in part (c) exothermic or endothermic? Justify your
response.
e) Suppose all of the heat you calculated (in part c) is applied to heat up a sample of
water from 10oC to 95oC. What mass of water can be heated? Include units in your
answer. The specific heat of water is = 4.18 J/g.oC.
9) Balance this equation showing the incomplete combustion of methanol:
___ CH3OH
+
___ O2 (g)

___ CO(g)
+
___ H2O(l)
a) Calculate the heat of reaction, H, in kJ.
b) Calculate the heat of combustion,Hcomb, in kJ per mole methanol (kJ/mol).
c) Calculate the enthalpy change, H, when 4.5 g of methanol CH3OH, is completely
burned.
d) Is the enthalpy change in part (c) exothermic or endothermic? Justify your
response.
e) Suppose all of the heat you calculated (in part c) is applied to heat up a 1.0-kg
(1000 g) sample of water. What will be the final temperature of the water, if it starts
out at 22 oC ? The specific heat of water is = 4.18 J/g.oC.
ANSWERS
Figure A. The graph below shows a heating curve produced when 1.00 mole of a pure
substance was gradually heated by a source of constant energy and the temperature was
measured periodically.
1. What is the boiling point of this substance? 80o
2. What is the melting point of this substance? 20o
3. Does this substance have a greater heat of fusion (Hfus) or heat of vaporization(Hvap)? How
can you tell? Hfus is greater because it takes 3 minutes to vaporize the sample whereas it
takes only 2 minutes to melt the same amount of this substance.
4. For how many minutes is any of the substance in a liquid form? 11 minutes
5. For how many minutes is any of the substance in a solid form? 3 minutes
6. Which will have a greater specific heat, the solid form of this substance, or the liquid form? How
can you tell? The liquid form of this substance has a greater specific heat. Since specific
heat is proportional to the slope = 1/(mC), a steeper slope line segment has lower specific
heat. The slope of the first segment is 20 whereas the slope of the segment as the liquid is
heated has a slope of 10.
7. Draw the heating curve of a substance that meets the following criteria:
a) melting point of 150 K
b) boiling point of 300 K
c) specific heat of the liquid is greater than the specific heat of the solid form of this
substance
Answers to Thermochemistry Free-Response Practice
8.
a) -2600 kJ
b) -1300 kJ/mol
c) -50 kJ = 50,000 J
d) exothermic, H <0
e) 141 g water
9. coefficients = 1, 1, 1, 2
a) -442 kJ
b) same since coefficient is one, -442 kJ/mol
c) -62 kJ = -62,000 J
d) exothermic, H <0
e) T = 14.8 or 15 oC, so final temp is 36.8 or 37 oC