Enthalpy and Enthalpy Change
Enthalpy and Enthalpy Change: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Enthalpy, Heat Capacity, Molar Heat Capacity at Constant Volume (Cv), Molar Heat Capacity at Constant Pressure (Cp), Specific Heat Capacity, Molar Heat Capacity, Derivation of Expression of Enthalpy, etc.
Important Questions on Enthalpy and Enthalpy Change
Consider the following reactions
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
Enthalpy of formation of

The enthalpy of hydrogenation of cyclohexene is If resonance energy of benzene is its enthalpy of hydrogenation of benzene would be


Exaplain the enthalpy change in solids and liquids.

The enthalpy change of a reaction is independent of

The quantity of heat (in ) required to raise the temperature of of ethanol from to the boiling point and then change the liquid to vapor at that temperature is closest to [Given, boiling point of ethanol . Specific heat capacity of liquid ethanol . Latent heat of vaporisation of ethanol ]

When a process takes place at constant volume, the heat absorbed or released is equal to the Enthalpy change.


The difference between and for liquids and solids is extremely large.

Derive the relation between and for an ideal gas. Explain each term involved in the equation.

One mol of a non-ideal gas undergoes a change of state with a change in internal energy, . The change in enthalpy of the process in is

Molar heat capacity of aluminium is . The heat necessary to raise the temperature of of aluminium (Atomic mass ) from to is

The enthalpy change for the reaction when of ethylene and of react atatm pressure. Calculate the pressure volume work and .

What are the signs of and for the following reaction? Explain with reasons.

Define enthalpy. At constant pressure show that .

The heat evolved in a reaction of of with enough is . Calculate for the reaction

Arrange in order of increasing enthalpy .

If of is added to of solution of same strength, increment in temperature takes place. If of same solution is mixed with of same solution, temperature increases by-

Using the following data, calculate the amount of heat evolved during the complete combustion of 100ml of liquid benzene.
(i) graphite, on complete combustion, evolves heat.
(ii) of heat is required to dissociate all the molecules of liquid water into and .
(iii) The heat of formation of liquid benzene is .
(iv) Density of and that of
(all energies measured at standard condition)

Given of . (All data at standard state in ).
Bond energies of
Then calculate the resonance energy of
