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Offline trinhn812

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Caculating delta H help?
« on: March 23, 2008, 12:12:31 AM »
Consider the process:                A(l) ---> A(g)
                                                        75°C   155°C
which is carried out at constant pressure. DeltaS for this process is known to be 75.0 J/Kmol. For A(l) and A(g), the Cp values are 75 J/Kmol and 29 J/Kmol, respectively, and are not dependent on temperature. Calculate the
delta H(vaporization) for A(l) at 125°C (its boiling point).






Well, I ∆H = -29.8 kJ/mol;
Here's what I did:
I made delta G = 0
You said ∆S = 75.0 J/molK, or 0.0750 kJ/molK
∆G = ∆H - T∆S
∆H = ∆G - T∆S
∆H = 0 - (398K)(0.0750 kJ/molK)
∆H = - 29.85 kJ/mol = -29.8 kJ/mol

I don't know what the Cp and change in temperature mean.

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Re: Caculating delta H help?
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2008, 01:10:32 AM »
Your answer is incorrect.  If you consider the entire process as a whole, you do not have a fixed temperature, so your starting equation doesn't make any sense.

It may be easier, however, to split the process into three separate transformations:

1)  A(l, 75oC)  -->  A(l, 125oC)
2)  A(l, 125oC) --> A(g, 125oC)
3)  A(g, 125oC --> A(g, 155oC)

Each of these steps will have their own value of ΔS and ΔH.  Now, try thinking about the problem this way: You are given the ΔStotal = ΔS1 + ΔS2 + ΔS3, and you want to calculate ΔH2.

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