Unit 2.1 – Enthalpy changes in chemistry

Chemistry
2020-21

AS Chemistry

Unit 2.1 – Enthalpy changes in chemistry

Knowledge & Skills:

  • drawing energy profile diagrams for endo/exothermic reactions showing activation energies
  • recalling and using definitions for enthalpy of formation/combustion /neutralisation and average bond enthalpy
  • writing equations as examples of these enthalpy changes
  • recalling Hess’s law, constructing Hess cycles and using them to calculate enthalpy changes
  • briefly reviewing how an accurate enthalpy change for an aqueous reaction is measured in a laboratory using ΔH=mCΔT