Thermochemistry
Which experimental setup could best explore how impurities affect specific heat capacity calculations for pure metals?
Recording boiling points at various pressures for solutions created from these metals dissolved in identical acid concentrations.
Determining melting points for binary alloys composed of these metals under controlled atmospheric conditions to avoid oxidation.
Analyzing voltage outputs from electrochemical cells made up of pure metal electrodes and those alloyed with nonmetals at standard conditions.
Measuring temperature changes when heating metal samples containing known concentrations of impurities using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
Which statement best describes how coupling reactions with ATP hydrolysis influences their thermodynamic favorability?
By linking unfavorable reactions with ATP hydrolysis, the overall combined processes can become reasonable since ATP hydrolysis provides sufficient negative ∆G value.
Coupling does not affect thermodynamics but merely speeds up kinetics by providing alternative pathways with lower activation energies.
Coupling reactions with ATP hydrolysis make them less favorable because it adds extra steps necessitating further enzyme catalysis.
Enthalpic benefits gained through increased orderliness outweigh any losses incurred during ATP hydrolysis making coupled reactions more feasible.
What unit is commonly used for measuring specific heat capacity?
Newtons per meter squared (N/m²)
Calories per mole per Kelvin (cal/mol·K)
Kilowatts per hour (kW·h)
Joules per gram per degree Celsius (J/g°C)
What amount of energy must be removed from a sample where only half undergoes phase change from liquid to solid if it has a mass total mass m, latent heat L, specific heat c, initial temperature Ti above freezing point, and final temperature Tf equal to freezing point?
Energy removed= ((m/2)\times L + ((m/2)\times c\times (Ti-Tf))
Energy removed= m×L + m×c×(Ti-Tf)
Energy removed= ((m/2)\times L)+ (((m-m/2)\times c\times(Ti-Tf))
Energy removed=((m/2)\times(L+c))+(Ti-Tf)
If the enthalpy change for a reaction is negative and the entropy change is positive, what can be inferred about the spontaneity of the reaction at all temperatures?
The reaction is non-spontaneous at all temperatures.
The reaction is spontaneous at all temperatures.
The reaction's spontaneity depends on pressure conditions.
The spontaneity cannot be determined without knowing the specific temperature values.
A 25 g piece of metal required 227.5 J of energy to raise it by 10°C. What is the identity of the metal?
Iron (C=0.44 J/g°C)
Lead (C=0.13 J/g°C)
Copper (C=0.39 J/g°C)
Aluminum (C=0.91 J/g°C)
When comparing two samples with equal masses but different specific heats being heated from room temperature to boiling point, which sample will reach boiling point first?
Cannot be determined without knowing their chemical composition
Sample with higher specific heat
Both samples simultaneously
Sample with lower specific heat

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Which factor does NOT affect the thermal energy transfer between two objects?
The difference in their temperatures.
Their colors.
Their specific heats.
Their masses.
What is the heat capacity of a substance directly proportional to?
The temperature change of the substance.
The phase of the substance.
The amount of substance.
The color of the substance.
When 50 grams of substance A and 50 grams of substance B, both initially at the same temperature, are placed in two identical calorimeters and each receives the same amount of heat, which substance has a higher specific heat capacity if substance A's temperature rises more than that of substance B?
Substance B
Substance A
Cannot be determined without knowing their chemical composition
Both have the same specific heat capacity