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Consider the combustion of methane:
CH4 + 2 O2 → CO2 + 2 H2O (all gases) In this example, the bonds to break are: 4(C-H) and 2
(O=O)
That translates into 4(414) + 2(498.7) = +2653.4 kJ
The net enthalpy change for the reaction is thus +2653.4 - 3438 = -785 kJ The actual value is -802 kJ. What happened??????? |
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