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So I don’t understand this exothermic and endothermic question.
1) During a reaction between solutions of citric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate, the temperature of the reaction mixture fell from 18c to 4c. Is this reaction exo or endothermic?
I thought it would be exothermic becuase temperature is lost so therefore energy (thermal) is being given out to the surroundings, which is the definition of exothermic. But no, it’s endothermic even though energy is taken in which implies it would get hotter.
1) During a reaction between solutions of citric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate, the temperature of the reaction mixture fell from 18c to 4c. Is this reaction exo or endothermic?
I thought it would be exothermic becuase temperature is lost so therefore energy (thermal) is being given out to the surroundings, which is the definition of exothermic. But no, it’s endothermic even though energy is taken in which implies it would get hotter.
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(Original post by Gus Fraser)
So I don’t understand this exothermic and endothermic question.
1) During a reaction between solutions of citric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate, the temperature of the reaction mixture fell from 18c to 4c. Is this reaction exo or endothermic?
I thought it would be exothermic becuase temperature is lost so therefore energy (thermal) is being given out to the surroundings, which is the definition of exothermic. But no, it’s endothermic even though energy is taken in which implies it would get hotter.
So I don’t understand this exothermic and endothermic question.
1) During a reaction between solutions of citric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate, the temperature of the reaction mixture fell from 18c to 4c. Is this reaction exo or endothermic?
I thought it would be exothermic becuase temperature is lost so therefore energy (thermal) is being given out to the surroundings, which is the definition of exothermic. But no, it’s endothermic even though energy is taken in which implies it would get hotter.
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(Original post by Gus Fraser)
So I don’t understand this exothermic and endothermic question.
1) During a reaction between solutions of citric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate, the temperature of the reaction mixture fell from 18c to 4c. Is this reaction exo or endothermic?
I thought it would be exothermic becuase temperature is lost so therefore energy (thermal) is being given out to the surroundings, which is the definition of exothermic. But no, it’s endothermic even though energy is taken in which implies it would get hotter.
So I don’t understand this exothermic and endothermic question.
1) During a reaction between solutions of citric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate, the temperature of the reaction mixture fell from 18c to 4c. Is this reaction exo or endothermic?
I thought it would be exothermic becuase temperature is lost so therefore energy (thermal) is being given out to the surroundings, which is the definition of exothermic. But no, it’s endothermic even though energy is taken in which implies it would get hotter.
In your case, your chemicals are happily sat at 18 oC. When added together T drops to 4 oC. Now, heat will flow into the mixture (as heat always goes from where it is hot to cold), i.e. you are adding a +ve amount of heat and hence the energy change is +ve, i.e. endo.
Compare this with an exotheremic reaction, where heat flows outwords, i.e. you must add a -ve amount of energy.
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(Original post by Gus Fraser)
So I don’t understand this exothermic and endothermic question.
1) During a reaction between solutions of citric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate, the temperature of the reaction mixture fell from 18c to 4c. Is this reaction exo or endothermic?
I thought it would be exothermic becuase temperature is lost so therefore energy (thermal) is being given out to the surroundings, which is the definition of exothermic. But no, it’s endothermic even though energy is taken in which implies it would get hotter.
So I don’t understand this exothermic and endothermic question.
1) During a reaction between solutions of citric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate, the temperature of the reaction mixture fell from 18c to 4c. Is this reaction exo or endothermic?
I thought it would be exothermic becuase temperature is lost so therefore energy (thermal) is being given out to the surroundings, which is the definition of exothermic. But no, it’s endothermic even though energy is taken in which implies it would get hotter.
temperature of the reaction mixture is a measure of the kinetic energy in the environment (surroundings).
the energy in the reaction system is a measure of the chemical energy stored in bonds.
from physics, you should know that energy is only transferred, never destroyed.
when a reaction is exothermic, energy is released from the bonds and given to the environment. this increases the kinetic energy of the environment and so the temperature goes up. therefore if the temperature of the mixture goes up, the reaction was exothermic.
when a reaction is endothermic, energy is taken from the environment and stored in the chemical bonds. this means there is less kinetic energy in the environment and so the temperature goes down. therefore if the temperature goes down, the reaction is endothermic.
does this make more sense? your mistake is thinking that the temperature is a measure of the energy in the system, not the surroundings.
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Im GCSE, but planning to take chemistry into A level so thanks for your help!
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are you GCSE or A level?
temperature of the reaction mixture is a measure of the kinetic energy in the environment (surroundings).
the energy in the reaction system is a measure of the chemical energy stored in bonds.
from physics, you should know that energy is only transferred, never destroyed.
when a reaction is exothermic, energy is released from the bonds and given to the environment. this increases the kinetic energy of the environment and so the temperature goes up. therefore if the temperature of the mixture goes up, the reaction was exothermic.
when a reaction is endothermic, energy is taken from the environment and stored in the chemical bonds. this means there is less kinetic energy in the environment and so the temperature goes down. therefore if the temperature goes down, the reaction is endothermic.
does this make more sense? your mistake is thinking that the temperature is a measure of the energy in the system, not the surroundings.
are you GCSE or A level?
temperature of the reaction mixture is a measure of the kinetic energy in the environment (surroundings).
the energy in the reaction system is a measure of the chemical energy stored in bonds.
from physics, you should know that energy is only transferred, never destroyed.
when a reaction is exothermic, energy is released from the bonds and given to the environment. this increases the kinetic energy of the environment and so the temperature goes up. therefore if the temperature of the mixture goes up, the reaction was exothermic.
when a reaction is endothermic, energy is taken from the environment and stored in the chemical bonds. this means there is less kinetic energy in the environment and so the temperature goes down. therefore if the temperature goes down, the reaction is endothermic.
does this make more sense? your mistake is thinking that the temperature is a measure of the energy in the system, not the surroundings.
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Temperature is NOT a measure of energy in this sense. If the temperature of the solution were to decrease, that means that the energy was actually used up in the reaction by the reactant molecules themselves, and so they attain a higher energy level. To attain more energy, it must be provided from the temperature.
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(Original post by Gus Fraser)
So I don’t understand this exothermic and endothermic question.
1) During a reaction between solutions of citric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate, the temperature of the reaction mixture fell from 18c to 4c. Is this reaction exo or endothermic?
I thought it would be exothermic becuase temperature is lost so therefore energy (thermal) is being given out to the surroundings, which is the definition of exothermic. But no, it’s endothermic even though energy is taken in which implies it would get hotter.
So I don’t understand this exothermic and endothermic question.
1) During a reaction between solutions of citric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate, the temperature of the reaction mixture fell from 18c to 4c. Is this reaction exo or endothermic?
I thought it would be exothermic becuase temperature is lost so therefore energy (thermal) is being given out to the surroundings, which is the definition of exothermic. But no, it’s endothermic even though energy is taken in which implies it would get hotter.
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