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5.60 Spring 2008 Lecture #6 page 1
Thermochemistry
e.g.
CH4 (g,T,1 bar) + 2O2 (g,T,1 bar) = CO2 (g,T,1 bar) + 2H2O(l,T, 1 bar)
CH4 (g,T,1 bar) + 2O2 (g,T,1 bar) = CO2 (g,T,1 bar) + 2H2O(l,T, 1 bar)
5.60 Spring 2008 Lecture #6 page 3
ΔHII = HO − HO = 0
2 2
In general,
ν ≡ stoichiometric coefficient
⎛ ∂H ⎞
Recall ⎜ ⎟ = Cp
⎝ ∂T ⎠ p
⎛ ∂ΔH ⎞
∴ ⎜ ⎟ = ΔC p = ∑ν i C p ,i (products ) − ∑ν i C p ,i (reactants )
⎝ ∂T ⎠ p i i
e.g.
CH4 (g,T,1 bar) + 2O2 (g,T,1 bar) = CO2 (g,T,1 bar) + 2H2O(l,T, 1 bar)
T2 ⎛ ∂ΔH ⎞
∫T ⎜ ⎟ dT = ΔH (T2 ) − ΔH (T1 )
1 ⎝ ∂T ⎠ p
ΔC p
T2
ΔH (T2 ) = ΔH (T1 ) + ∫ ΔC pdT
T1