CHEM 1A03 TUTORIAL #10 November 8th -12th, 2010

Solutions – Chapter 7, + Equilibrium Review

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1. A bird has a much lower heat capacity than a person, and a much lower fraction of their body
mass is water. A bird of mass 75 g, is caught out in a November rain, and its body temperature
drops by 3 degrees. The bird generates energy through cellular respiration while flying, at a rate
of 250 J /kilometer of flight. How far will the bird have to travel to raise his body temperature
by 3.0 degrees, if his body’s heat capacity is 3.0 J/g.oC.

q = m × C × ∆T
J  required energy = 675 J
q = 75 g × 3.0 ×3o C = 675 J
g .o C

675 J
Flight requirement = = 2.7km
250 J / km

2. A piece of stainless steel (specific heat = 0.50 J.g-1.oC-1) is transferred from an oven at 183oC
to 125ml of water, at 23.2oC. The water temperature rises to 51.5oC. What is the mass of the
steel?

Heat lost by steel = heat gained by water

qsteel = -(m x C x ∆T) = qwater = (m x C x ∆T)

− m × 0.50 o (51.5 − 183)o C = 65.8m = 125ml × × 4.18 o (51.5 − 23.2 )o C
J 1.00 g J
g. C 1ml g. C

65.8m = 1.48 × 10 4 J

1.48 × 10 4
m= = 2.2 × 10 2 g
65.8

3. Upon complete combustion, the indicated substances evolve the given quantities of heat.
Write a balanced equation for the combustion of 1.00 mol of each substance, including the
enthalpy change, ∆H, for the reaction.

a) 0.584 g of propane, C3H8, yields 29.4 kJ

b) 0.136 g of camphor, C10H16O(s), yields 5.27 kJ

− 29.4kJ 44.10 g
a) q = × = −2.22 × 10 3 kJ / mol propane
0.584 g 1mol

− 5.27 kJ 152.24 g
b) q = × = −5.90 × 10 3 kJ / mol camphor
0.136 g 1mol
CHEM 1A03 TUTORIAL #10 November 8th -12th, 2010
Solutions – Chapter 7, + Equilibrium Review
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4. Caffeine undergoes complete combustion in a bomb calorimeter. The calorimeter assembly

has a heat capacity of 5.136 kJ/oC. What is the final temperature, if the initial temperature of the
water is 22.43oC? The mass of caffeine is 0.3268g, its molecular formula is C8H10O2N4, and its
heat of combustion is -1014.2 kcal/mol.

Heat absorbed by calorimeter = qcombustion x moles = heat capacity x ∆T

qcombustion × moles
∆T =
heat _ capacity

 kcal kJ  1mol 
1014.2 × 4.184  0.3268 g × 
 mol kcal  194.19 g 
∆T = o
= 1.390 o C
5.136kJ / C

T final = Tinitial + ∆T = 22.43o C + 1.390 o C = 23.82 o C

5. The atmospheric oxidation of nitrogen monoxide,

2NO(g) + O2(g) 2NO2(g)

was studied at 185oC, with an initial pressure of 1.000 atm of NO and 1.000 atm of O2.
At equilibrium, Po2 = 0.506atm. What is the value of Kp?

2NO O2  2NO2

I 1.0 1.0 0
C -2x -x +2x
E 1.0-2x 1.0-x 2x

From eqm. pressure of oxygen: 0.506 atm = 1.0-x, therefore x = 0.494atm

Therefore, eqm pressure of NO = 1.0-2(0.494) = 0.012 atm
And eqm pressure of NO2 = 2(0.494) = 0.988
2
�𝑃𝑃𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁2 � [0.988]2
𝐾𝐾𝑝𝑝 = = = 1.34 × 10−4
[𝑃𝑃𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 ]2 �𝑃𝑃𝑂𝑂2 � [0.012]2 [0.506]