EASTERN VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Tacloban City
College of Engineering

CHEM 114
Chemistry for Engineers

Quiz no. 3: Thermochemistry

Instructions: Read and understand the following problems. Write your answers in your test booklet.
I. Multiple Choice (1 point each)
1. What is the specific heat capacity of a substance if 2.41x10 4 J are needed to change the
temperature of 105.0 g of it from 25.0ºC to 250.0ºC?
a. 1.02 x 10-4 J/gºC b. 9.18 x 10-4 J/gºC c. 0.918 J/gºC d. 1.02 J/gºC
2. Which statement about enthalpy is true?
a. Heat is given off to the surroundings in endothermic reactions.
b. Some substances have a negative specific heat capacity.
c. Specific heat capacity is the same for all liquids.
d. The sign of ∆H is always negative in exothermic reactions.
3. What happens to the value of ∆H for a thermochemical reaction if the reaction is reversed?
a. ∆H has the same numerical value, and the sign changes.
b. ∆H has the same numerical value, and the sign remains the same.
c. ∆H is the reciprocal of the original value, and the sign changes.
d. ∆H is the reciprocal of the original value, and the sign remains the same.
4. What is the energy required to evaporate two moles of liquid water given the following
equations?
2H2(g) + O2(g) → 2H2O(g) ∆H = -483.6 kJ
2H2(g) + O2(g) → 2H2O(l) ∆H = -571.6 kJ
a. 44.0 kJ b. 88.0 kJ c. 527.6 kJ d. 1055.2 kJ
5. Given the thermochemical equation:
2NO2 (g) → 2NO (g) + O2 (g) ∆H = 114 kJ
what is the ∆H for the reaction NO(g) + ½ O2(g) → NO2(g) ?
a. -114 kJ b. -57 kJ c. +57 kJ d. +114 kJ
6. The following decomposition reaction may occur in an air bag.
2NaN3(s) → 3N2 (g) + 2Na (s) ∆H = -43.5 kJ
What is the heat of formation, ∆Hf, for NaN3?
a. -43.5 kJ b. -21.8 kJ c. 21.8 kJ d. 43.5 kJ
7. A substance increases in temperature by 255ºC when a 983 g sample of it absorbs 83 200 J of
heat. What is the specific heat capacity of the substance?
a. 0.332 J/gºC b. 0.450 J/gºC c. 21.6 J/gºC d. 321 J/gºC
8. What is the ∆H for the following reaction (Refer to the Heats of Formation Table)
2NO (g) + O2 (g) ↔ 2NO2 (g)
a. -114.0 kJ b. -28.5 kJ c. +57.0 kJ d. +778.0 kJ
9. Which of the following statements is true?
a. In an endothermic process heat is transferred from the surroundings to the system.
b. In an exothermic process heat is transferred from the surroundings to the system.
c. The surroundings will feel cooler in an exothermic process.
d. The surroundings will feel warmer in an endothermic process.
10. As energy is added to a substance, the temperature remains constant. How may the substance be
changing?
a. From a gas to a solid
b. From a liquid to a gas
c. From a liquid to a solid
d. In the amount of kinetic energy
11. The addition of 9.54 kJ of heat is required to raise the temperature of 225.0 g of a liquid
hydrocarbon from 20.5ºC to 45.0ºC. What is the heat capacity of this hydrocarbon?
a. 0.94 J/gºC b. 1.73 J/gºC c. 1.88 J/gºC d. 9.42 J/gºC
12. The standard enthalpy of formation of rust (Fe 2O3) is -826 kJ/mol. How much energy is involved
in the formation of 5g of rust?
a. 25.9 kJ b. 25.9 J c. 66 J d. 66 kJ
 13. During a phase change, the temperature of a substance ____.
a. increases b. decreases c. remains constant d. may increase or decrease
14. The heat content of a system is equal to the enthalpy only for a system that is at constant ____.
a. mass b. temperature c. pressure d. volume
15. The quantity of heat required to change the temperature of 1 g of a substance by 1 °C is defined
as __.
a. joule b. heat capacity c. specific heat capacity d. calorie

II. Problem Solving (3 points each item)

Answer the following problems and show your solution. Final answer must be written in permanent ink
pen. Box your final answer.

1. A sheet of gold weighing 100.0 g and at a temperature of 28.0°C is placed flat on a sheet of iron
weighing 250.0 g and at a temperature of 155.6°C. What is the final temperature of the combined
metals? Assume that no heat is lost to the surroundings. (Hint: The heat gained by the gold must
be equal to the heat lost by the iron.)(CAu=0.129 J/g.°C, CFe=0.450 J/g.°C)

2. A 1.1375-g sample of solid magnesium is burned in a constant-volume bomb calorimeter that has
a heat capacity of 1769 J/°C. The calorimeter contains exactly 30g of water, and the temperature
increases by 11.26°C. Calculate the heat given off by the burning Mg, in kJ/g and in kJ/mol.

3. The total volume of the Pacific Ocean is estimated to be 7.2 x10 8 km3. Amedium-sized atomic
bomb produces 1.0 x1015 J of energy upon explosion. Calculate the number of atomic bombs
needed to release enough energy to raise the temperature of the water in the Pacific Ocean by
1°C. (The density of seawater is 1.025 g/cm 3, and assume that the specific heat capacity of
saltwater is at 4.184 J/g.°C).

4. The enthalpy of combustion of benzoic acid (C 6H5COOH) is commonly used as the standard for
calibrating constant-volume bomb calorimeters; its value has been accurately determined to be
-3226.7 kJ/mol. When 1.9862 g of benzoic acid are burned, the temperature rises from 21.84°C to
25.67°C. What is the heat capacity of the calorimeter? (Assume that the quantity of water
surrounding the calorimeter is exactly 2000 g.)

5. Calculate the enthalpy change for the reaction 2 C( graphite)+3 H 2 ( g ) → C2 H 6 ( g ) from the
following data below,
C ( graphite )+O2 ( g ) → CO 2 ( g ) ΔH°rxn = -393.5 kJ
H 2 ( g )+1 /2 O2 ( g ) → H 2 O ( l ) ΔH°rxn = -285.8 kJ
2 C2 H 6 ( g )+7 O 2 ( g ) → 4 CO2 ( g )+ 6 H 2 O ( l ) ΔH°rxn = -3119.6 kJ