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Molar heat (identify the unknown substance)
« on: April 08, 2010, 12:13:52 AM »
Hey guys I really need your help on this question. It says

A student measured the molar heat of dissolution to identify an unknown solute.

He recorded the following data:

mass of H2O= 140.0 g
mass of unknown solute: 4.8 g
initial temperature of water: 17.5 C
final temperature of water: 15.5 C

Using the following data, identify the unknown solute:

KNO3: Delta H= 36 Kj/mol
NaNO3: Delta H= 21 Kj/Mol
NaOH: Delta H= -42 Kj/Mol

Please help me out guys, I'm really lost. I dont know whether to use the q= m s delta T as it doesn't appear to work.

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Re: Molar heat (identify the unknown substance)
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2010, 03:13:10 AM »
q = m s delta T will give you amount of heat, now assume your substance was each one of these listed and calculate its molar heat of dissolution (hint: convert mass to number of moles).
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