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Thermochemistry:




Zainab Modan

,Zainab Modan

THERMOCHEMISTRY
Heat ( form of )
study of matter
energy
or chemical reactions


“The study of energy changes associated with chemical reactions involving heat”

The nature of energy:
Energy : The ability to do work or transfer heat

-Work: energy used to cause an object that has mass to move
-Heat: energy used to cause the temperature of an object to rise

Work and heat are meals by which ENERGY is transferred

Three ways of transferring heat:
Conduction : Convection: Radiation:




-Transfer of heat from a fluid to solid
surface or within a fluid -Transfer of heat into an empty
-Can occur in solids and fluids -It is a combination of bulk fluid motion space in the form of
-It is the transfer of heat (ADVECTION) and random molecular motion electromagnetic waves
across a medium or object (DIFFUSION) -matter that is at a finite
which are in PHYSICAL -For convection to happen cool air falls while temperature emits energy in space
CONTACT warm air rises —> in a circular motion in form of electromagnetic waves



Units of energy:


kg.ru?s--kilojoule
of CJ ) 1J I
SI unit
energy

joule : =
-




→ KJ : I KJ = 1000J




calorie 1cal amount of heat
unit
energy needed raise
SI Ccal ) : G. 184J →
-


non - =
to
the temperature of water
1g by 1°C

-

Nutritional / Food calorie ,
Cal :
1cal =
1000cal = 1kcal




Types of energy:
All objects and molecules can have 2 kinds of energy :

1. KINETIC ENERGY ( Ea) :

energy object possesses due to its motion



2. POTENTIAL ENERGY ( Ep) :
energy object possesses based on its position relative to other objects

, Kinetic energy :
Zainab Modan


Energy an object possesses due to its motion
all
objects have of motion Ek=o
energy
-




Ept
speed
1- Ekta


ÉK = z my §
↳ mass



-


KE a m
b v

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atoms 4 molecules have mass
} in motion i have KE of Ek




Potential energy:
Energy an object possesses based on its position relative to other objects or
chemical composition

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Seen when a force acts on an
object
-

Force is a push or pull on an
object
Mass

g) height relative to ref point
Lf
.




Ep =
mg
2
gravitational
constant ( 9. 8m54


For 4 molecules force
atoms
gravitational is
negligible it acts macroscopic objects
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,
as on




3 main types of Potential energy :

1. GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY
- Energy stored in an object as a result of its vertical position or height
- Most common use if for an object near the surface of the earth where gravitational acceleration can be assumed to be
constant —> 9.8 m/s2
Pegrav =
Mgh
2. ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY
- Potential energy stored as a result of deformation of an elastic object—> stretching a spring
- Equal to work done to stretch sprung, which depends on the SPRING CONSTANT K and the
DISTANCE STRETCHED X

3. CHEMICAL POTENTIAL ENERGY
-Energy stored in chemical bonds between atoms
- It is released when reaction takes place

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