Chemistry Notes
Chapter 17.
REACTION ENERGY (THERMOCHEMISTRY)
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Addresses part of Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, content standard 6

•   Energy;   heat and temperature
•   THERMODYNAMICS:   study of heat exchange and calorimetry
•   Calorimetry and specific heat capacity
  q   =   c_p m ΔT where   c_p   =   specific heat capacity
•   Enthalpy of a reaction
•   Exothermic and endothermic processes
•   Thermochemistry and Hess's law
•   Entropy and randomness
•   Free energy and spontaneity ("driving force" in chemical reactions)
  Gibbs equation: ΔG   =   ΔH  -  T ΔS
•   Reaction quotients and equilibrium constants
•   Practical considerations;   energy sources
•   REACTION KINETICS:
•   Reaction rates
•   Collision theory
•   Activation energy and catalysts
•   Finding rate laws

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