Chapter 5 - Energy and Change

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Nuclear binding energy

________: energy associated with the strong force that holds a nucleus together.

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Specific Heat Capacity (C)

________: amount of energy needed to raise temperature of one gram of substance 1 celsius or 1 kelvin.

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Natural gas

________ is around 37 % efficiency.

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Thermochemistry

________: the study of energy involved in chemical reactions.

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Enthalpy of vaporization

________, ∆Hvap: the enthalpy change for the phase change from liquid to gas.

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Thermodynamics

________: a study of energy and energy transfer.

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mc2E

C2= 9.0 × 1016 m2 /s2 and E= ________ is energy in kg • m2 /s2 (J) is the mass in kgc2 is the square of the speed of light.

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nuclear reactions

In ________, a significant amount of the mass of the reactants is actually converted into energy.

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Calorimeter

________: measure enthalpy changes for chemical and physical reactions.

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Enthalpy changes

________ represent the heat change between products and reactants at a constant temperatureShould be open to atmosphere.

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Thermochemical equation

________: a balanced chemical equation that indicates the amount of heat that is absorbed or released by the reaction it represents (in kJ)

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Heat capacity

________ (C): heat of sample, object, or system to its change in temperature.

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Nuclear fission

________: A heavy nucleus undergoing split into lighter nuclei which releases energy.

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Enthalpy, H

total internal energy of a substance at constant pressure.

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Renewable

________: solar energy can give a constant source of energy.

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Enthalpy increases

________ as energy are absorbed in an endothermic reaction.

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Exothermic reaction

________: net release of energy-)

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Nuclear fusion

________: two smaller nuclei fusing to form a larger nucleus Chapter 5.2: Determining Enthalpy of Reaction by Experiment.

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Mass defect

________: difference in mass between a nucleus and its nucleons.

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Enthalpy change

________ is independent of the pathway of the process and the number of intermediate steps in the process.

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