Exam 3: The Second Law of Thermodynamics

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At low temperatures, the heat capacity of some metals has been found to follow a modified version of the Debye T3 law, varying with temperature according to the relationship Cp.m=aT3+bT With the additional, linear term arising from the electrons. Derive an expression for the molar entropy of such a metal at a low temperature T.

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The boiling temperature of cyclohexane, C6H12, is 354 K. Use Trouton's rule to estimate the enthalpy of vaporization of cyclohexane.

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Calculate the change in the standard molar entropy of sulfur trioxide gas, SO3, when it is cooled from a temperature of 100 °C to 10 °C at a constant pressure of 1 bar. The standard molar constant-pressure heat capacity of sulfur trioxide is 50.1 J K-1 mol-1.

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Calculate the standard molar entropy of vaporization of phosphorus trichloride, PCl3, at its boiling temperature, 74 °C, given that the standard molar enthalpy of vaporization of phosphorus trichloride is 30.5 kJ mol-1.

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For hydrogen sulfide, H2S, the standard enthalpy of formation is -20.2 kJ mol-1 and the standard entropy of formation is +43.0 J mol-1 at 298 K. Calculate the standard Gibbs energy of formation at this temperature.

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A hypothetical system consists of four molecules with a total energy 4Calculate the total number of ways of distributing four quanta of energy amongst the four molecules.

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Calculate the change in the entropy of a large system when 500 J of energy is transferred from the system to the surroundings as heat in an exothermic process at a temperature of 298 K.

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Use the following data to calculate the standard reaction entropy at 298 K for the thermal decomposition of ammonium chloride, NH4Cl NH4Cl(s) NH3(g) + HCl(g) Smo / J mol-1 NH4Cl(s) 94.85 NH3(g) 192.77 HCl(g) 186.90

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Calculate the entropy of vaporization of ethanol, C2H5OH, at 298 K from the following data. The constant-pressure molar heat capacities of ethanol as liquid and vapour are 111.46 and 65.44 J K-1 mol-1 respectively. The enthalpy of vaporization of ethanol at its boiling temperature, 352 K, is 38.56 kJ mol-1.

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Calculate the change in the molar entropy of a perfect gas when it is compressed isothermally to 10% of its initial volume.

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