Working with heats of formation
Not what you're looking for? Search our solutions OR ask your own Custom question.
Glucose reacts with oxygen to form carbon dioxide and water: If the heat of formation of glucose, carbon dioxide, and water are -1273.3 kJ mol-1, -393.5 kJ mol-1 and -285.8kJ mol-1. How many grams of glucose must react in order to release (1.00)(10^3)kJ of heat?
© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com March 6, 2023, 12:43 pm ad1c9bdddfhttps://brainmass.com/chemistry/energetics-and-thermodynamics/working-with-heats-of-formation-5362
Solution Preview
Enthalpy of combustion of Glucose must be found out first.
<br>
<br>dH = H(products) - H(reactants) = q(reaction )
<br>
<br>
<br>here, C6H12O6(s) + 6O2(g) ----> 6CO2 + 6H2O ...
Solution Summary
The solution gives all necessary steps required to understand solving similar problems.
$2.49