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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry 3 7c Bond Energies to Calculate the Enthalpy Change Questions

Practise using bond energy tables and balanced equations to find energy broken, energy formed and the sign of ΔH in kJ/mol.

Syllabus
First assessment 2019
Course
Chemistry 4CH1

Exam points

  • calculate bonds broken and bonds formed from displayed formulae and bond energy tables
  • apply ΔH = energy in bonds broken - energy in bonds formed, including the sign
  • rearrange a bond energy calculation to find an unknown C-Cl or similar bond value

Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry 3 7c Bond Energies to Calculate the Enthalpy Change Questions question 1

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Gaseous ethanol is manufactured by reacting ethene gas with steam.

This is the equation for the reaction.

The equation shows the displayed formulae for the reactants and products.

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The table gives the bond energies.

Table for Question Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry 3 7c Bond Energies to Calculate the Enthalpy Change Questions question 1 — Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry

Using the data in the table and the equation, show that the enthalpy change, ΔH\Delta H, is approximately −40 kJ/mol-40 \mathrm{~kJ} / \mathrm{mol}.

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