CHE K121 Lecture 14: L14C5 Thermochemistry
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Thermochemistry: thermochemistry is the study of chemical reactions and the energy changes that involve heat, chemical energy is mainly potential energy (electrostatic) (! = j (joule = kg * m2 s2 ) Wednesday, october 10, 2018: attraction between ions, electrostatic attraction is seen between oppositely charged ions, energy is released when chemical bonds are formed; energy is consumed when chemical bonds are broken. First law of thermodynamics: energy can be converted from one form to another, but it is neither created nor destroyed, sytem and surroundings, system: the portion of the universe that we focus on, surroundings is everything else. Isolated system: a region of the universe that can not exchange heat or mass with its surroundings. Internal energy of a system is the sum of all kinetic and potential energies of all components of the system; we us e to represent it.