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Monday March 25, 2024  Day 48
1st Law of Thermodynamics:  A Review of Calorimetry
Reaction Spontaneity:  What is it?


Textbook Readings

       6.4: The First Law of Thermodynamics
       6.5: Constant Volume Calorimetry
       6.7: Constant Pressure Calorimetry

       18.2: Spontaneous and
                 Nonspontaneous Processes


Course Lectures

6.6  pdf  Video       Calorimetry

17.1 pdf   Video    Thermo: First Law



The First Law Of Thermodynamics:
Conservation of Energy and Calorimetry


Spontaneous Chemistry



Objectives

1. State the 1st Law of Thermodynamics and give real world examples of the law.

2. Apply the 1st Law of Thermodynamics to chemical situations including constant pressure and
     bomb calorimetry. Determine the heat of a reaction.

3.  Define "spontaneity" and "non-spontaneity" from a chemical point of view.

4.  Give examples of how spontaneous processes sometimes require an initial "push."

5.  Identify the key changes that are required for a process to be spontaneous.


Homework Problems


41.1   The First Law of Thermodynamics states that energy is conserved; meaning that
           energy must be completely accounted for.
 
            At some point during the day, you will eat something and your body, a biochemical
            machine, will convert the food (potential energy) into other forms of energy.

            List as many of these other energy forms as you can.

41.2     The First Law of Thermodynamics (a.k.a. "conservation of energy"), is the underlying
            principle at work in calorimetry experiments.   A reaction  takes place and
            either produces heat (exothermic) or absorbs heat (endothermic).

             In constant pressure calorimetry, energy is inventoried in two ways:

             i.  The heat absorbed (or released) by the calorimeter:

                            qcalorimeter =   Ccal x ΔTcalorimeter

                            (Note that Ccal includes contributions of the cup, stirring rod, thermo
                             probe and other calorimeter factors.  Ccal is usually measured
                             uniquely for each calorimeter and doesn't require "mass",)


             ii.  The heat absorbed (or released) by the solution (often approx. water)

                            qsolution   =    msolution   x   csolution   x    ΔTsolution

                                Note:  cwater = 4.184 J/goC

              Consider the following:  

                            60.0 mL of 0.500 M HCl is mixed with 45.0 mL of 1.75 M NaOH
                            in a calorimeter with known calorimeter constant (125. J/oC) .
                            The initial temperature of the calorimeter and solutions before
                            mixing is 22.60 oC.  After mixing, the temperature rises to 28.55 oC.

                            a.  Calculate the amount of heat energy gained by the calorimeter.
                            b.  Calculate the amount of heat energy gained by the solution assuming
                                  it to be mostly water
                            c.   Calculate the total heat gained in the experiment (1st Law of Thermo)
                            d.   Determine the
ΔHrxn using the limiting reactant.

41.3  For many years, a large boulder sits at the top of a tall mountain.  One day, a
          reckless hiker leans up against the boulder which is just enough for it to begin
          rolling down the mountainside.  Is the rolling boulder a "spontaneous" process?  Explain.

41.4   For several months, a convenience store keeps their supply of charcoal briquettes
          in piles outside the store's front entrance.  One day a reckless hiker holds a lit match
          to the pile and it begins to burn taking the store with it.
 
          Is the burning pile of briquettes (...and store) a spontaneous process?  Explain

41.5   Compare your answers to 41.3 and 41.4.  How are they alike?  How are they different?

41.6    Spontaneous chemical reactions can occur slowly or quickly.  In fact, the speed of the
           reaction has nothing to do with whether the reaction is spontaneous or not.

           a.  Give an examples of both fast and slow spontaneous chemical reactions.
           b.  Re-write your answers in part "a" as non-spontaneous reactions.
         
41.7  As discussed in the first video above, spontaneous processes are often exothermic.
         However, they can also be endothermic.  Give an example of an endothermic, spontaneous
         chemical reaction.

41.8   "Perpetual motion machines" claim to be able to go "forever" and to be a source of
            free, unlimited energy.  They violate the Laws of Thermodynamics and require
            an outside source of energy to fool the unsuspecting victim.

            What force makes all perpetual motion machines impossible?  What is required
            for a supposed perpetual motion machine to appear perpetual?
            (Additional video information available here).
 

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41.1  In our body, food energy is converted into motion and sound.  To my knowledge, we don't
          produce light energy (no one glows in the dark but if you do it's a superpower).   Extra
          food energy also contributes to the body's fat stores; chemical potential energy to be
          used at a later time.

41.2  a. 0.74375 kJ          b. 2.613954 kJ      c.  3.357704 kJ    d.  -111.923 kJ/mol  (note "-" sign)
  
41.3  Yes, the boulder rolling down the hill is spontaneous.  It does require an initial "kick"
          or "activation energy", but once the boulder begins rolling it continues.

41.4  Yes.  Like the boulder, the pile of charcoal requires activation energy to get it started
          burning. Once started, the burning takes place with no help from us.

41.5  Both are spontaneous process requiring activation energy.  The boulder converts its
         energy into sound, kinetic energy and ultimately heat.  The burning charcoal converts
         its PE into light, sound, kinetic energy (hot air rises) and of course, a lot of heat.

41.6  Metal rusiting is a very slow but spontaneous process.  Charcoal also spontaneously
         converts into diamond ... very slowly. 

         The combustion of gasoline in a car's engine is spontaneous and occurs very quickly
         on a millisecond time scale. 

41.7  Ice melting at room temperature.  Ice requires heat to melt (endothermic) and yet an
         ice cube melts spontaneously under the correct temperature circumstances.

41.8  Friction is a perpetual motion machine's downfall.  There is no way to escape friction that
         will gradually convert what ever energy is in the machine to waste heat.

         If someone claims to have a perpetual motion machine, they are trying to fool you.
         The internet is full of examples (just google the topic) of clever deceptions which must
         always have a "secret energy source" operating behind the scenes.

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Tuesday March 26, 2024   Day 49

Entropy: Disorder and Energy Clumps


Textbook Readings

18.3: Entropy and the
          Second Law of Thermodynamics


Course Lectures

17.3 pdf   Video Entropy
Introduction to Entropy


Lumpy Energy, Stirling Engines and the
Death of the Universe
Objectives

1.  Describe entropy in terms of randomness and disorder.

2.  Describe entropy in terms of state availability.

3.  Describe entropy in terms of lumpy energy.

4. Differentiate and provide examples of high & low entropy situations


Homework Problems


42.1  Entropy is often described as a measure of the randomness or disorder of a system.
         For example, a clean & tidy apartment is low entropy whilst a messy apartment
         is thought to have high entropy. 

         As pointed to in the first video above, comparisons such as these aren't entirely
         correct and instead we should be thinking about the number of "states" available
         in each situation.

         If you are a perfectionist, how many ways can your clean & tidy apartment exist?

         If you are a perfectionist, how many ways can your apartment be messy?

         Which of the two represents more entropy?

42.2.  Which has greater entropy?  The Sun or the moon?  Why?

42.3   In the second video above, an alternative definition for "entropy" is offered up (5:50).
          What is it?

42.3   Give examples of low entropy energy sources available to us here on Earth.
           Which of them have the sun as their ultimate source?
           Are there any earth-bound energy lumps that don't have the sun as their source?

42.4  What does the phrase "heat death of the universe" mean? (2nd video 8:00)

42.5  What is the "arrow of time?" (2nd video 10.15)


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42.1  There is only ONE way for the apartment to be "clean" and that's with everything
          in its proper place. 

          There are an infinite number of ways for the apartment to be messy.  All it takes is
          one out of place item, and the perfectionist begins the cleaning process.

          There are more ways for an apartment to be messy.  Thus, this "macrostate" is the
          one with the greatest entropy.

42.2  The sun has more entropy because it's bigger and the atoms that are the sun are moving
          around with great speed.  Simply, there are more possible "States" for the atoms/ions
          in the sun than there are for the cold rock that is the moon.

42.3   Lumpy energy.  Low entropy is where we have energy concentrated in a single place.
          As the universe "winds down", the energy that's currently clumped in places like the
          sun will gradually become more an more evenly distributed throughout the universe
          leading to something called the universe's "heat death."

42.4  Refer to the video and 42.3 for this answer.

42.5 The arrow of time is the direction time takes as entropy in the universe increases.

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Wednesday March 27, 2024   Day 50
2nd Law of Thermodynamics:
Macrostates and Microstates


Textbook Readings

18.3: Entropy and the
          Second Law of Thermodynamics



Course Lectures

17.4 pdf   Video* Macrostates and Microstates

               Microstates/Macrostates
               Demonstration Spreadsheet

What is the Second Law of Thermodynamics?


The Second Law of Thermodynamics:
Heat Flow, Entropy, and Microstates



Objectives

1.  Provide alterate definitions of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics.

2.   Describe how the number of states available to isolated systems affects their entropy.

3.  Calculate/predict entropy changes given heat and temperature information.

4.  Calculate the absolute entropy "S" of a system using the Boltzman equation for entropy.


Homework Problems


43.1   The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics has different, equivalent forms.  Here are several:

                   i.  The entropy of the universe is always increasing. 
ΔSuniverse > 0
                                
                   ii.   No cyclic process can convert heat into work at 100% efficiency.

                   iii.  Local processes can experience a decrease in entropy but only if
                          entropy increases by an equivalent or larger amount somewhere else.

                   iv.  Heat spontaniously flows from "hot" to "cold".

            Consider each of the following spontaneous process and choose from among the 2nd
            law statements above best describes what's going on.

            a.  Current auto engines are only on average ~35% efficient.  Auto engineers are
                 are working on ways to trap the waste heat and make the engine more efficient.

            b.  Even in my Yeti coffee mug, the temperature of my coffee slowly drops through
                  the morning.

            c.  I decrease entropy in my house by vacuuming the carpet with an electric vacuum
                 cleaner but near the power plant that furnishes the electricity, things are getting
                 dirtier (more entropy).

             d.  The "heat death of the universe"

                  
43.2  A heat engine uses 150. kJ of heat energy and performs 45. kJ of work at 25.0 oC.

              a.  How much heat is released into the surroundings?
 
              b.  What is the percent efficiency of this heat engine.

              c.  The "surroundings" gain heat energy and their ideal/reversible entropy
                   change can be calculated as:                                                Q
                                                                                  
Δ Ssurroundings = -----------
                                                                                                                    T

                   Where "Q" is the heat gained (+) or lost (-) by the surroundings and T
                   is the temperature in Kelvins.  Calculate the entropy change experienced
                   by the surroundings for the heat engine above.  Include the correct sign (+/-)
                   and units in your answer.

43.3    An endothermic chemical reaction consumes 30.5 kJ of heat energy that's removed from
            the surroundings @ 25.0 oC.  Calculate 
Δ Ssurroundings . 

43.4   Consider the following situation.  You (Jade) have decided to move into a 2 bedroom
           appartment with two other friends (Wade & Cade)  and the looming question is how
           to populate the bedrooms.

          Here are the four distribution possibilities:

                     
(Macrostate 1)       Bedroom A:   0 People         Bedroom B:  3 People
                

                     
(Macrostate 2)       Bedroom A:   1 Person         Bedroom B:  2 People

                     
(Macrostate 3)       Bedroom A:   2 People         Bedroom B:  1 Person

                      
(Macrostate 4)      Bedroom A:   3 People         Bedroom B:  0 People      

           Each of these general situations is known as a "Macrostate".

           Continuing, for each of the macrostates there is a possible distribution of people.
           Let's consider the second macrostate listed above:

                       (Macrostate 2)     Bedroom A:   1 Person         Bedroom B:  2 People

           Here's how the individuals can be assigned:
                    
                        (Microstate 1)     Bedroom A:  Jade                 Bedroom B: Cade, Wade
            
                       
(Microstate 2)     Bedroom A:   Cade               Bedroom B: Wade, Jade

                       
(Microstate 3)     Bedroom A:  Wade               Bedroom B:  Jade, Cade

            These possibilities were most easily determined by recognizing that each of
            the three people could appear individually only once in room A.

            Each of the 3 arrangements above is considered a "Microstate" and there were
            3 total microstates possible.
                                      
            a.  How many total microstates (a.k.a. "W") are possible for Macrostate 1 above
            b. 
How many total microstates (a.k.a. "W") are possible for Macrostate 2 above
            c. 
How many total microstates (a.k.a. "W") are possible for Macrostate 3 above
            d. 
How manytotal microstates (a.k.a. "W") are possible for Macrostate 4 above

43.5     Entropy (S) is determined using
the Boltzman Equation:  

                                     S  =  kb ln W   
 
             where W is the number of possible microstates and kb = 1.38 x 10-23 J/K

             Consider the 2 BR apartment problem above except now for 4 people
                                     Zade has joined the group

             a.  What are all of the possible macrostates in this situation?

             b.  For each macrostate, determine the number of microstates possible.

             c.  Use the Boltzman equation above to determine the entropy for each macrostate.

             d.  The macrostate with the highest number of microstates is considered to be the
                   most probable.  What macrostate is the most probable in this situation?

             d.  Maximum entropy is associated with macrostates that are most uniformly
                   distributed

                   Compare your entropy results from part "c" and determine
                   if the largest entropy is associated with the most evenly distributed arrangement
                   of people within the apartment.

43.6  Use the 2-Volume spreadsheet  to determine:

             a.  the number of ways 16 particles can be arranged in 2 connected volumes. 

             b.  the entropy of the most probable macrostate.

             c.  four ways that 16 particles can be arranged in the most probable macrostate.

             



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43.1  a.  ii        b.  iv       c. iii        d.  i, iii and iv ....depending on how deeply you think about this.

43.2  a. 105 kJ of heat released into the surroundings.

         b.  30%

         c. + 352  J/K   (Note that entropy is usually reported in J/K   and not kJ/K units)

43.3  -102 J/K

43.4  a.  1 microstate possible     i.    BR#1:  No one     BR#2:  W, J and C

         b.  3 microstates possible:  i.    BR#1:  W                  BR#2:  J, C
                                                       ii. 
BR#1:  J                    BR#2:  W, C
                                                       iii.
BR#1:  C                   BR#2:  J,W


         c.  3 microstates possible:  i.    BR#1: 
J, C               BR#2: W
                                                      ii.   BR#1:  W, C             BR#2: J
                                                      iii. 
BR#1:  J,W               BR#2: C

         d.  1 microstate possible     i.    BR#1:  W, J and C    BR#2:  No one

43.5   a.   Macrostate i:        BR#1:   No one          BR#2:  4 people
               
Macrostate ii:       BR#1:   1 person       BR#2:  3 people
                Macrostate iii:      BR#1:   2 people        BR#2:  2 people
                Macrostate iv:      BR#1:   3 people        BR#2:  1 person
                Macrostate v:       BR#1:   4 people        BR#2:     no one

         b.  Macrostate i:        1 microstate possible       BR#1: 0      BR#2: J W C Z

               Macrostate ii:      4 microstates possible     
BR#1: J                BR#2:  W C Z
                                                                                        BR#1: W              BR#2:   J C Z
                                                                                        BR#1: C                BR#2:  J W Z
                                                                                        BR#1: Z                BR#2:  J C W

               Macrostate iii:     6 microstates possible     
BR#1: J W            BR#2:  C  Z
                                                                                       
BR#1:  J C            BR#2:  W Z
                                                                                       
BR#1:  J Z            BR#2:  W C


                                                                                       
BR#1:  C W           BR#2:  Z J
                                                                                       
BR#1:  C  Z           BR#2:  J  W

                                                                                       
BR#1:  W Z            BR#2:  J  C

               Macrostate iv:      4 microstates possible     BR#1: W C Z         BR#2:  J
                                                                                        BR#1: J C Z           BR#2: W 
                                                                                        BR#1: J W Z          BR#2:C 
                                                                                        BR#1: J C W          BR#2: Z

               Macrostate v:        1 microstate possible      BR#1: J W C Z      BR#2: 0

        c.   Macrostate i:      S = 0 J/K
              Macrostate ii:     S = 1.913 x 10-23 J/K
              Macrostate iii:    S = 2.473 x 10-23 J/K
              Macrostate iv:    S =  1.913 x 10 -23 J/K
              Macrostate v:      S = 0 J/K

        d.  Macrostate iii  is the most probable (greatest number of possible combinations or
                                       microstates) and has the greatest entropy.


        e. See answer to part "d"

43.6   a.  Add them all up and there are 65536 ways to arrange 16 particles in 2 containers.
               Aren't you glad you weren't asked to write them all down?  :)

          b.  The most probable state is the one with 8 particles in one volume and
               8 particles in the other volume.   There are 12870 ways to do this (microstates) and
               S = 1.306 x 10-22 J/K.

          c.   Pick 4 (many are possible)
                                              V#1:    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8        V#2:   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
                                             
V#1:     9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8        V#2:  1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
                                             
V#1:    1 9 3 4 5 6 7 8        V#2:   2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
                                              V#1:    1 2 9 4 5 6 7 8        V#2:   3 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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Thursday March 28, 2024
  Day 51
Entropy and Heat Flow


Textbook Readings

Entropy and the Surroundings
Univ. of Texas


Course Lectures

18.2 pdf   Video Spontaneity Delta H and Delta S

18.3 pdf   Video Chemical Spontaneity

18.4 pdf   Video Threshold Temperatures

Calculating Entropy Changes for Surroundings



Chemical Spontaneity



Objectives

1.  Describe the effects of positive and negative
ΔHrxn and ΔSrxn  values on reaction spontaneity.

2.  Describe the effect of large/small temperature values on reaction spontaneity.

3.  Predict reaction spontaneity given

4.  Predict reaction spontaneity given temperature,
ΔHrxn and ΔSrxn  values.

5. Determine threshold temperatures in situations where temperatures affect spontaneity.



Homework Problems


44.1  A powerful statement of the 2nd law is that for all spontaneous changes, the entropy of
          the universe must always increase.  Mathematically we can write this as:

                                       ΔSuniverse  >   
ΔSsurroundings    +  ΔSsystem

           As we learned yesterday, the surrounding's entropy change is determined
           using the following relationship:
                                                                                   Q
                                               
Δ Ssurroundings  =  -----------
                                                                                   T
           Combining these relationships gives:
                                                                       Q
                                         
ΔSuniverse  >    -----------  ΔSsystem
                                                                       T

            Now, if the "system" is a chemical reaction, then the heat "Q" is simply   -
ΔHrxn


            ...and the relationship becomes ...


                                                          - ΔHrxn
                                 ΔSuniverse  >    -----------  ΔSrxn
                                                                T

   
            Note that the "-" sign in front of
ΔHrxn is required since the heat lost/gained by the
            by the surroundings is heat that is gained/lost by the system.

           Reactions are spontaneous ONLY if
ΔSuniverse  > 0

           a.  What combination of 
ΔHrxn  (+ or -) and   ΔSrxn  (+ or -) guarentees a positive &
                spontaneous value for
ΔSuniverse ?

           b. 
What combination of  ΔHrxn  (+ or -) and   ΔSrxn  (+ or -) guarentees a negative &
                non-spontaneous value for
ΔSuniverse ?

           c.  An endothermic reaction has a positive
ΔHrxn .  As such it DOESN'T help make
               
ΔSuniverse   positive because of the negative sign. in the equation above.

                How can temperature be used to minimize the effect of the positive
ΔHrxn  ?

           d.  In some cases,
ΔSrxn  < 0   (i.e. negative).   This DOESN'T help achieve a positive
               
ΔSuniverse.   

                However, if
ΔHrxn is negative (exothermic reaction), the negative signs cancel and
                the term works in favor of a positive
ΔSuniverse value.

                How can temperature be used to enhance this effect and thus overcome
                the negative
ΔSrxn  term?

44.2   Consider each of the following situations and determine if a spontaneous reaction
          will result.  Cite temperature requirements for temperature as needed.

           a.  
ΔHrxn  > 0   (endothermic)                 ΔSrxn  > 0

           b. 
  ΔHrxn  > 0   (endothermic)                ΔSrxn <  0

          c.   
ΔHrxn  < 0    (exothermic)                   ΔSrxn  > 0

           d. 
ΔHrxn  < 0     (exothermic)                  ΔSrxn  <  0

44.3  When ammonium nitrate, NH4NO3, spontaneously dissolves in water the
         temperature of the solution formed decreases.
    
          What are the signs of ΔHrxn,   ΔSrxn   and ΔSuniverse ?

44.4  For the following reaction, determine  ΔSuniverse  at room temperature (25oC) and
          state whether the reaction is spontaneous under these conditions.

                I2(s)    →    2I(g)               ΔHrxn° = +213.6 kJ/mol          and         ΔS
rxn° = +245.2 J/molK.
 
       IMPORTANT:  
ΔHrxn° has units of kJ/mol   and ΔSrxn°  has units of J/molK

44.5  As you can see from the numbers below, the following reaction has a negative
ΔH value
         (favoring spontaneity) and a negative
ΔS value (doesn't favor spontaneity).

         What is the reaction's threshold tempearture and
under what temperature conditions
         is it spontaneous?

                                        2 H2S(g) + 3 O2(g)  → 2 SO2(g) + 2 H2O(g)      

                              ΔH°rxn  =  -1036 kJ/mol       and        ΔS°rxn =  -153.2 J/molK

44.6 Given the information below, determine the temperature conditions that insure
         the reaction is spontaneous.

                                         
  NH4Cl(s)      →   NH3(g)   +    HCl(g) 

                              ΔH°rxn  =  176.79 kJ/mol       and        ΔS°rxn =  285.44 J/molK



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44.1   a. Always spontaneous when
ΔHrxn   is negative and   ΔSrxn  is positive
          b.
Never spontaneous when ΔHrxn   is positive and   ΔSrxn  is negative
          c. To minimize the effect of a positive
ΔHrxn (endothermic) value, increased
              temperatures are required (makes the fraction smaller)
          d.
To minimize the effect of a negative ΔSrxn  value, low
              temperatures makes the positive fraction
ΔHrxn /T, more significant

44.2  a. Spontaneous at high temperatures only.
         b. Never spontaneous
         c.  Always spontaneous
         d.  Spontaneous at low temperatures only.
                

44.3   ΔHrxn > 0 (endothermic)   ΔSrxn  > 0      ΔSuniverse  > 0 (because it's a spontaneous process)

44.4   ΔSuniverse  = - 471 J/K   ... reaction is non-spontaneous at room temperature

44.5   This exothermic reaction is spontaneous at temperatures below 6762 K

44.6    Reaction is spontaneous above temperatures of 619 K.

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Friday March 29, 2024  Day 52

Entropy Comparisons and Calculations


Textbook Readings

18.4 Entropy Changes Associated
         with State Changes
       
       
Thermodynamic tables

Course Lectures

18.3 pdf   Video Chemical Spontaneity

19.2 pdf   Video Factors Affecting Entropy




Entropy and Phase Change



How to Calculate Changes in Entropy



Objectives

1.  Describe how the entropy of various physical phases compare.

2.  Qualitatively determine entropy changes for reaction where gases are products and reactants.

3.  Qualitatively compare entropy for large/small atoms or molecules.

4.  Use standard tables to determine entropy and enthalpy changes for chemical reactions.


Homework Problems


45.1  Carefully examine each of the following reactions and their gaseous reactants and/or
         products. 

         Use these observations to determine if
ΔSrxn   is positive or negative

         Lastly, use the stated
ΔHrxn  values to determine under what conditions the
         reaction is spontaneous.

         a.   2 CO(g)     +      O2(g)    
→    2CO2(g)          ΔHrxn  = -566 kJ/mol
  
         b.  
2 NO2(g)   →    2 NO(g)      +      O2(g)          ΔHrxn  =  +113.1 kJ/mol

         c.   2 H2(g)       +     O2(g)    
→   2 H2O(l)           ΔHrxn  =  -483.6 kJ/mol

         d.    CO2(g)     
→    C(s)     +     O2(g)                   ΔHrxn  =  +393.5 kJ/mol

45.2  Put the following Noble Gases in order of increasing entropy:  Ar,  He,  Ne,  Kr

45.3  Put the following molecular alcohols in order of increasing entropy:

                        Butanol:  CH3CH2CH2CH2OH         Ethanol:
CH3CH2OH

                        Propanol:  CH3CH2CH2OH              Methanol:  CH3OH

45.4  Compare the methane molecule (CH4) to the methanol molecule (CH3OH).

         What types of motion is each molecule capable of?

         Which molecule has more energy "states"

         Which molecule has more entropy?

45.5  Protein molecules consist of thousands of atoms covalently bonded together.
         How would you describe the entropy of a protein molecule?


45.6   Thermodynamic tables are used to determine
ΔHrxn  and ΔSrxn   values at 25oC using
         the following recipies:

                                
ΔSrxn    =  Σ nSproducts        -   Σ nSreactants

                                 ΔHrxn   =  Σ nΔHoproducts   -   Σ nΔHoreactants

          For the following reaction, use the thermodynamic tables to calculate
ΔSrxn , ΔHrxn 
          and
ΔSuniverse  at 25oC.  Is the reaction spontaneous under these conditions?


                                             NH4Cl(s) 
→  HCl(g)   +   NH3(g)

 
45.7 For the following reaction, use the thermodynamic tables to calculate ΔSrxn , ΔHrxn 
          and
ΔSuniverse  at 25oC.  Is the reaction spontaneous under these conditions?

                                                          H2O(g)   
→  H2O(l)


45.8 
For the following reaction, use the thermodynamic tables to calculate ΔSrxn , ΔHrxn 
          and
ΔSuniverse  at 25oC.  Is the reaction spontaneous under these conditions?

                                2 H2S(g)     +     3 O2(g) 
→   2H2O(l)   +   2 SO2(g) 


Click and drag the region below for correct answers

45. 1  a.
ΔS < 0 (negative)     ΔH < 0 (negative, exo)   Rxn. is spont. at low temps
          b.
ΔS > 0 (positive)      ΔH > 0 (positive, endo)  Rxn. is spont. at high temps
          c. ΔS < 0 (negative)     ΔH < 0 (negative, exo)   Rxn. is spont. at low temps
          d. Impossible to determine
ΔS  from general observations.  1 mol of gas on both sides.

45.2  Low Entropy (Small atomic size) :  He   …   Ne    …   Ar   ….   Kr     High entropy  (large atomic size)

45.3  Low Entropy (Low Molecular Weight)
CH3OH  
                                                            … 
CH3CH2OH 
                                                            …
CH3CH2CH2OH
                                                            …  
CH3CH2CH2CH2OH     High Entropy (High Molecular weight)

45.4  CH4:         Molecular rotation (spinning)
                           C - H bond stretching (vibration)
                           H - C - H bending

         
CH3OH   Molecular rotation (spinning)
                           C - H bond stretching (vibration)
                           H - C - H bending
                           O - H bond stretching
                           C - O - H bond bending
                           O - H twirling

         
CH3OH has more motion modes and has more energy states 
             … and therefore more entropy compared with methane

         
CH3OH has more entropy (239.9  J/mol-K for CH3OH   vs.   186.3 J/mol-K for CH4)

45.5   Protein molecules have soooooo many ways to move. 
          They're very floppy and can wiggle and jiggle in so many ways
          Protein molecules have a lot of entropy because of all the ways they can move.

45.6   
ΔSrxn  = 285.1 J/mol-K     ΔHrxn  = 176.2 kJ/mol      ΔSuniverse   =  -305.88 J/mol-K
           Reaction is Non-spontaneous at this temperature

45.7   
ΔSrxn  = -118.8 J/mol-K     ΔHrxn  = -44.0 kJ/mol        ΔSuniverse   =  +28.85 J/mol-K
           Reaction is spontaneous
at this temperature

45.8   
ΔSrxn  = -390.8 J/mol-K     ΔHrxn  = -1124 kJ/mol        ΔSuniverse   =  +3.38 kJ/mol-K
           Reaction is spontaneous
at this temperature 
            

   
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