CHEM 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Exothermic Reaction, Limiting Reagent, Potential Energy
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Potential energy: energy on an object has by virtue of its position in a field of force. Internal energy: the sum of the kinetic and potential energies of the particles making the substance. Law of conservation of energy: energy can be converted from one to another, but the total quantity of energy remains constant. Heat is defined as the energy that flows into or out of a system because of a difference in temperature between the thermodynamic system and its surroundings. Heat of reaction at a given temperature is the value of q required to return a system to the given temperature at the completion of the reaction. Exothermic reaction heat is evolved sign of q - . Endothermic reaction heat is absorbed sign of q + (bear in mind, combustion reaction, release heat, the sign for q is - ) At constant pressure q is writing as qp. p means constant pressure.