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Applicable to questions about heat, energy, work, and their interconversion in chemistry. See the tag wiki for a detailed list of topics. Questions tagged may also be tagged with [enthalpy], [energy], [free-energy] where appropriate.

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Work Done Upon Molecules

In which of the following processes is energy transferred into the substance by work ($w > 0$)? a) Expansion of a gas against the surroundings b) Expansion of a gas into a vacuum c) Vapori …
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Assuming ideal gas behavior, how can I tell when the change in enthalpy is equal to the chan...

If ideal gas behavior is assumed, for which of the following reactions does $\Delta H = \Delta U$? \begin{align} \tag{a} \ce{N2O4 &-> 2 NO2(g)}\\ \tag{b} \ce{CH4(g) + 2 O2(g) &-> CO2( …
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What happens when butane and methane both absorb 100 J of heat?

Two cylinders, one containing 1 mole of $\ce{C4H10}$ gas at $\pu{1 atm}$ and the other containing 1 mole of $\ce{CH4}$ gas at $\pu{1 atm}$, are at $\pu{288 K}$. If each gas absorbs $\pu{100 J}$ of …
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