What is the sign convention of work and heat when it comes to chemical thermodynamics?
What is the sign convention of work and heat when it comes to chemical thermodynamics?
For both work and heat, there are positive and negative signs, which mainly depend on transfer of energy. When work is done on the system, it will have a negative sign, but when work is done by the system, we will use a positive sign. This would be similar to how we view heat in chemical thermodynam
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CH3COOH + NaOH → CH3COONa + H2O
ΔH = –50.6 kJ/mol
NaOH + SA [HCl] → NaCl + H2O
ΔH = –55.9 kJ/mol
the value of ΔH for ionisation of CH3COOH
⇒ ΔH = +55.9 – 50.6
5.3 kJ/mol
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