Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Energy Changes
- Endothermic reactions
- A reaction where energy is transferred
in from the surroundings
- Used for reactions that need to reduce
temperature such as instant cold packs
and Thermal decompositon reactions
- Bond Breaking
- Exothermic reactions
- A reaction where energy from reaction is
transferred to the surrondings
- Used for: Combustion, oxidation,
neutralisation reactions and hand warmers
- Bond Making
- Reaction Profiles
- Can show relative difference in energy
reactants and products on reaction profiles
- Exothermic
- Energy released when new bonds are
formed is greater thean energy
required when bonds are broken
- Endothermic
- Activation energy needed to start reaction
- Energy released when new bonds are formed is less than
energy needed to when bonds are broken
- Bond Energy calculations
- Energy must be supplied to create or
break bonds
- Can calculate overall energy change through
bond energies
- Chemical Cells and batteries
- Metals tend to lose electrons to form postive ions
- When two metals are dipped into a salt
solution and joined by a wire the more
reactive metal will donate electrons to the
less reactive metal
- The Greater the difference in
reactivity between metals the more
voltage produced
- Non renewable batteries stop working when
one of the reactants is used up while
Rechargeable batteries use reverse reactions
to regenerate the product to its original form
- Fuel cells
- Most of world relies on fossil fuels
- Hydrogen can be alternate (can be burnt in combustion
engines or used to power verichles
- Hydrogen gas can be oxidised to provide a source of electrons to the
hydrogen fuel cell - waste product is water
- Hydrogen is highly flammable, sometimes produced by
unrenewable means and is difficult to store