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An experiment to measure the enthalpy change for the reaction of aqueous
copper(II) sulfate, CuSO4(aq) and zinc, Zn(s) was carried out in a coffee cup
calorimeter as follows.
Cu2+(aq) + Zn(s) → Cu(s) + Zn2+(aq)
50.0 cm3 of 1.00 mol dm–3 copper(II) sulfate solution was placed in a
polystyrene cup and its average temperature after three readings was noted to be
25OC and the zinc powder was added . The final temperature was noted to be
91.5 OC. Calulate the heat of the reaction in kJ

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Given that, an experiment to measure the enthalpy change for the reaction of aqueous copper(II) sulfate, CuSO4(aq) and zinc, Zn(s) was carried out in a coffee cup calorimeter; the heat of the reaction in the whole system is calculated to be 2218.34 kJ

Heat of reaction (i.e enthalpy of reaction) is the quantity of heat that is required to be added or removed when a chemical reaction is taken place in order to maintain all of the compounds present at the same temperature.

The formula used to calculate the heat of the reaction can be expressed as follows:

Q = mcΔT

where:

  • Q = quantity of heat transfer
  • m = mass
  • c = specific heat of water = 4.18 kJ/g °C (constant)
  • ΔT = change in temparature

From the information given:

  • The initial temperature (T₁) = 25° C
  • The final temperature (T₂) = 91.5° C

∴

The change in temperature i.e. ΔT = T₂ - T₁

ΔT = 91.5° C - 25° C

ΔT = 66.5° C

The number of moles of CuSO₄ = 1.00 mol/dm³ × 50.0 cm³

[tex]\mathbf{= (1 \times \dfrac{50}{1000})\ moles}[/tex]

= 0.05 moles

  • Since the molar mass of CuSO₄ = 159.609 g/mol

Then;

Using the relation:

[tex]\mathbf{number \ of \ moles = \dfrac{mass}{molar \ mass}}}[/tex]

By crossing multiplying;

mass of CuSO₄ = number of moles of CuSO₄ ×  molar mass of CuSO₄

mass of CuSO₄ = 0.05 moles  × 159.609 g/moles

mass of CuSO₄ = 7.9805 grams

∴

Using the formula from above:

Q = mcΔT

Q = 7.9805 g × 4.18 kJ/g °C × 66.5° C

Q = 2218.34 kJ

Therefore, we can conclude that the heat of the reaction is 2218.34 kJ

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