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The tutor explains why a chemical system will exist at equilibrium. Over my last couple of posts I’ve defined reaction and equilibrium. I’ve also explained why a reaction will proceed spontaneously. (For background see here and here.) Today, the focus …
The tutor explains why a reaction goes forward. Consider, from my previous post, the following reaction: C3H8 + 5O2→3CO2+4H20, ΔH=-2219 kJ/mol This reaction proceeds from left to right because, by so doing, it follows nature’s two preferred trends: Entropy rises …
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The tutor introduces a topic that academic chemists love. Enthalpy appears in high school chemistry. The definition of enthalpy, H, is H=Eint+PV where Eint is the internal energy content of the product, while PV is work done by volume increasing …