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1) A system loses 56.8 J of energy during a process. For each work process below

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Question

1) A system loses 56.8 J of energy during a process. For each work process below determine if the process exothermic, endothermic, or adiabatic?

endo,exo, or adiabatic?

it does 125.0 J of work

endo,exo, or adiabatic?

2) A sample of calcium carbonate is placed into a test tube, and a balloon is attached to the top of the test tube. If you heat up the calcium carbonate to generate the reaction:

CaCO3(s) --> CaO(s) + CO2(g)

...and the balloon expands, what are the signs for q and w, and is this reaction exothermic or endothermic?

endo or exo?

sign of w?

sign of q?

need help quick!

it has 25.0 J of work done on it

Explanation / Answer

1 -

it is exothermic as heat change is -56.8 + 25 = -31.8 J

b - it is also exothermic as -56.8 - 125.8 = -182.6 J

2 - sign of q and W will be positive as according to latest sign convention work done on the process is positive and heat absorbed is positive

exothermic as change in enthalpy is positive