2351533450 | temperature | a measure of the average kinetic energy of atoms and molecules. | 0 | |
2351533987 | heat transfer | transfer of kinetic energy from a warmer body to a cooler body | 1 | |
2351535506 | First Law of Thermodynamics | Energy is neither created nor destroyed, but only transformed from one form to another | 2 | |
2351595250 | Second Law of Thermodynamics | Every energy transformation increases the entropy of the universe | 3 | |
2351535737 | work | 4 | ||
2351538685 | enthalpy change (ΔH) | the amount of energy released (for negative values) or absorbed (for positive values) by a chemical reaction at constant pressure | 5 | |
2351539914 | calorimetry | an experimental technique that is used to determine the heat exchanged / transferred in a chemical system | 6 | |
2351612060 | heating / cooling curve | 7 | ||
2351540673 | breaking bonds | requires energy | 8 | |
2351540867 | making bonds | releases energy | 9 | |
2351541457 | bond length | The distance between two bonded atoms at their minimum potential energy; the average distance between two bonded atoms. | 10 | |
2351541938 | Hess's law | the overall enthalpy change in a reaction is equal to the sum of enthalpy changes for the individual steps in the process | 11 | |
2351544942 | Physical change | Processes that involve only changes in weak intermolecular interactions, such as phase changes | 12 | |
2351545165 | Chemical change | Processes that involve the breaking and/or formation of chemical bonds | 13 | |
2351545757 | Entropy | randomness or disorder; increases when 1. solid to liquid, or liquid to gas 2. number of particles increases 3. increase in volume | 14 | |
2351549740 | Gibbs free energy | 15 | ||
2351552614 | thermodynamically favored | ΔG is negative if both ΔH is negative and ΔS is positive | 16 | |
2351553975 | not thermodynamically favored | ΔG is positive if both ΔH is positive and ΔS is negative | 17 | |
2351555942 | kinetic control | Processes that are thermodynamically favored, but do not proceed at a measurable rate | 18 |
AP Chemistry Big Idea 5: Thermodynamics Flashcards
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