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Interpretation:
The heat energy required to change liquid mercury to solid has to be determined.
Concept Introduction:
Molar enthalpy for a process is the quantity of heat energy needed by one mole of a substance to undergo change in the process. The heat energy needed to change the temperature of
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Answer to Problem 15.3P
The heat energy needed to transform liquid mercury to solid is
Explanation of Solution
The formula to determine moles of mercury is as follows:
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The value of
The melting point of mercury is converted to Celsius as follows:
The value of
The temperature difference
The size difference on kelvin and Celsius scale is equal so
The formula to determine heat energy needed to change
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The formula to calculate the heat energy that must be released from the liquid mercury to fuse it into solid is as follows:
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The total energy that must be removed from
The total energy that must be removed from
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