Chemistry 10th Edition

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Chapter 15 - Chemical Thermodynamics - Exercises - Gibbs Free Energy Changes and Spontaneity - Page 606: 113

Answer

$-364\,kJ/mol$

Work Step by Step

We find: $\Delta G^{\circ}_{rxn}=\Delta H^{\circ}_{rxn}-T\Delta S^{\circ}_{rxn}$ $\Delta H^{\circ}_{rxn}=\Sigma n\Delta H_{f}^{\circ}(products)-\Sigma n\Delta H_{f}^{\circ}(reactants)$ $=[4(-1281\,kJ/mol)]-[(-2984\,kJ/mol)+6(-285.8\,kJ/mol)]$ $=-425.2\,kJ/mol$ $T=298\,K$ $\Delta S^{\circ}_{rxn}=\Sigma nS^{\circ}(products)-\Sigma nS^{\circ}(reactants)$ $=[4(110.5\,J/mol\cdot K)]-[(228.9\,J/mol\cdot K)+6(69.91\,J/mol\cdot K)]$ $=-206.36\,J\,mol^{-1}K^{-1}$ Then, $\Delta G^{\circ}_{rxn}=(-425200\,J/mol)-(298\,K)(-206.36\,J\,mol^{-1}K^{-1})$ $=-364000\,J/mol=-364\,kJ/mol$
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