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Offline Cyberconvict

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Born-Haber Cycle
« on: April 10, 2006, 10:58:05 PM »
The question wants me to calculate the "second electron affinity" of oxygen from the following data:
"First electron affinity" of oxygen: -141 kJ/mol
Lattice energy of K2O: 2238 kJ/mol

The following it says to find in tables and appendix, so here's the rest of what I believe I need:
?Hf[K2O(s)]: -363.2 kJ/mol
?Hf[K(g)]: 89.99 kJ/mol
?Hf[O(g)]: 247.5 kJ/mol
I11(K): 419 kJ/mol

This is the formula I've been trying to use,
?Hf[K2O(s)]=?Hf[K(g)] + ?Hf[O(g)] + 2I11(K) + E1(O) + E2(O) - ?HLattice

Thus plugging in the numbers,
-363.2 = 89.99 + 247.5 + 2(419) + (-141) + E2 - 2238

This comes out to E2 = +840 kJ/mol, but the back of the book says +750kJ. Where am I going wrong?

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Re: Born-Haber Cycle
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2006, 12:44:27 AM »
You just had one small mistake.  The correct equation should be:

?Hf[K2O(s)]=2?Hf[K(g)] + ?Hf[O(g)] + 2I11(K) + E1(O) + E2(O) - ?HLattice

Good job on setting the rest up though.

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