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Practical 7

The document outlines a practical experiment to determine the enthalpy of neutralization for various acid-base reactions, including NaOH with HCl, H2SO4, and CH3COOH. It includes instructions for data collection, calculations for temperature change (ΔT), enthalpy change (ΔH), and molar enthalpy (ΔHm), as well as a comparison of results. Additionally, it addresses the use of 0.5 M H2SO4 and provides a specific example calculation for the reaction between NaOH and HCl.

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Practical 7

The document outlines a practical experiment to determine the enthalpy of neutralization for various acid-base reactions, including NaOH with HCl, H2SO4, and CH3COOH. It includes instructions for data collection, calculations for temperature change (ΔT), enthalpy change (ΔH), and molar enthalpy (ΔHm), as well as a comparison of results. Additionally, it addresses the use of 0.5 M H2SO4 and provides a specific example calculation for the reaction between NaOH and HCl.

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Practical 7 - Enthalpy of Neutralization

Answer the following questions with workings, calculations and units (where appropriate).
1) Tabulate your data as follows.

Temperature (°C)

Time (min) NaOH + HCl NaOH + H2SO4 NaOH + CH3COOH

before
Tinitial = Tinitial = Tinitial =
mixing

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Use Excel to plot the data (temperature vs. time) you obtained for each acid-base combination
and insert the graphs here. Make sure to give the graphs a title and to label the axes properly.

2) For each reaction, determine T by subtracting the temperature of the solution before mixing
(Tinitial) from the final stable temperature obtained after mixing (Tfinal), and calculate the
corresponding value of H (Hint: assuming that the density of all solutions is 1.0 g mL-1, what is
the total mass of each system investigated?).

H = -m** ´ Cp ´ T
Reaction T (K*)
(kJ)

NaOH + HCl

NaOH + H2SO4

NaOH + CH3COOH

*Note that a T of 1°C corresponds to a T of 1 K.

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**m is the total mass of the system.

3) Convert the H values previously calculated into the corresponding molar enthalpy (Hm).

H
Reaction Moles of acid (mol) Hm (kJ mol-1)
(kJ)

NaOH + HCl

NaOH + H2SO4

NaOH + CH3COOH

4) Compare and contrast the experimental values of Hm obtained for the three acid-base
combinations and comment on any difference and/or similarity you may have observed (Hint:
write the balanced equations and name the salts formed in each neutralization reaction).

5) Why was 0.5 M (instead of 1 M) H2SO4 used?

6) In an experiment to determine the enthalpy change (H) for the neutralization reaction

NaOH(aq) + HCl(aq) → NaCl(aq) + H2O(l)


100 mL (VHCl) of a 0.5 M (CHCl) HCl solution are reacted with 100 mL (VNaOH) of a 0.5 M (CNaOH)
NaOH solution. The initial temperature of the system (Ti) is 20.1°C, whereas the final
temperature (Tf) is 23.4°C. Assume that the density () of both 0.5 M HCl and 0.5 M NaOH
solutions is 1.0 g mL-1, and their specific heat capacity (Cp) is 4.183 J g-1 K-1.
a) Calculate the enthalpy change (H, kJ) of the reaction, stating whether it is endothermic or
exothermic.

b) Calculate the molar enthalpy (Hm, kJ mol-1) for the reaction.

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