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A Level enthalpy question

Hey, any help would be much appreciated :smile:

A student mixed 25.0 cm3 of 2.00 mol dm−3 NaOH with 30.0 cm3 of 1.50 mol dm−3H2SO4 in a plastic cup. The temperature of both solutions was 19.5 °C at the start of the experiment. The maximum temperature was measured as 43.5 °C.
What is the enthalpy change of neutralisation for this reaction?
Original post by e123c
Hey, any help would be much appreciated :smile:

A student mixed 25.0 cm3 of 2.00 mol dm−3 NaOH with 30.0 cm3 of 1.50 mol dm−3H2SO4 in a plastic cup. The temperature of both solutions was 19.5 °C at the start of the experiment. The maximum temperature was measured as 43.5 °C.
What is the enthalpy change of neutralisation for this reaction?


What are your ideas?
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Original post by charco
What are your ideas?


My initial idea was to use q=mcΔT, but I don't know how to work out the numbers to put in?
Original post by e123c
My initial idea was to use q=mcΔT, but I don't know how to work out the numbers to put in?


That's a good start.

You have the temperature change, you have the specific heat constant and you can work out the mass (all of the liquid mixed together)
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Original post by charco
That's a good start.

You have the temperature change, you have the specific heat constant and you can work out the mass (all of the liquid mixed together)


Oh okay, thank you :smile:

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