Ch.5 - Thermochemistry
Chapter 5, Problem 127
One of the best-selling light, or low-calorie, beers is 4.2% alcohol by volume and a 355-mL serving contains 110 Calories; remember: 1 Calorie = 1000 cal = 1 kcal. To estimate the percentage of Calories that comes from the alcohol, consider the following questions. (a) Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction of ethanol, C2H5OH, with oxygen to make carbon dioxide and water. (b) Use enthalpies of formation in Appendix C to determine ΔH for this reaction. (c) If 4.2% of the total volume is ethanol and the density of ethanol is 0.789 g/mL, what mass of ethanol does a 355-mL serving of light beer contain? (d) How many Calories are released by the metabolism of ethanol, the reaction from part (a)? (e) What percentage of the 110 Calories comes from the ethanol?
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Textbook Question
Consider two solutions, the first being 50.0 mL of 1.00 M CuSO4 and the second 50.0 mL of 2.00 M KOH. When the two solutions are mixed in a constant-pressure calorimeter, a precipitate forms and the temperature of the mixture rises from 21.5 to 27.7 °C. (a) Before mixing, how many grams of Cu are present in the solution of CuSO4?
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Textbook Question
A sample of a hydrocarbon is combusted completely in
O21g2 to produce 21.83 g CO21g2, 4.47 g H2O1g2, and 311 kJ of
heat. (a) What is the mass of the hydrocarbon sample that
was combusted?
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Textbook Question
The methane molecule, CH4, has the geometry shown in
Figure 2.17. Imagine a hypothetical process in which the
methane molecule is 'expanded,' by simultaneously extending
all four C—H bonds to infinity. We then have the
process
CH41g2¡C1g2 + 4 H1g2
(a) Compare this process with the reverse of the reaction
that represents the standard enthalpy of formation of
CH41g2.
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