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Tag: enthalpy

Cat Links Calculations, Physical chemistry

Enthalpy cycles, Hess cycles, thermochemical cycles

Posted on May 5, 2022April 25, 2025 Sarah Parkes

What is enthalpy exactly? An enthalpy change is the heat transferred at constant pressure by a chemical reaction Heat changes

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Cat Links Calculations, Exam question practice, Physical chemistry

How to calculate enthalpy of neutralisation

Posted on May 4, 2022April 24, 2025 Sarah Parkes

Determining either the enthalpy change of neutralisation, or the enthalpy change for a classic displacement reaction (they are pretty much

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How to calculate enthalpy of combustion of a fuel

Posted on May 3, 2022April 24, 2025 Sarah Parkes

You can calculate an experimental value for the enthalpy change of combustion for a fuel very simply – this is

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Getting up to speed in thermochemistry

Posted on May 3, 2022October 2, 2024 Sarah Parkes

Thermochemistry is all about the energy changes that happen alongside chemical reactions.   Chemical reactions either release heat (exothermic) or

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Understanding entropy

Posted on April 12, 2022October 2, 2024 Sarah Parkes

Why does water freeze when you place it in a freezer? Certainly not because the freezer sucks the heat out

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