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Chapter 11 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Thermochemistry | Study of heat |
Energy | Strength or vitality required for physical or mental activity |
Endothermic | Energy is being absorbed |
Exothermic | Energy is being released |
Specific heat capacity | Heat required to raise the temprature of the unit mass of a given substance |
Calorimetry | Science of measuring the amount of heat |
Enthalpy = Heat of reaction | Change in enthalpy of a chemical reaction that occurs at a constant pressure |
Heat of fusion | Energy for the phase change between liquid and solid without temprature change |
Heat of formation | Amount of heat absorbed or evovled at 25C and at one atm when one mole of a compound is formed |