Skip to content
MathsGenie logo
Open app

Course home

  1. A Level
  2. Chemistry OCR A
  3. Question bank

Enthalpy and entropy

EasyMediumHard
123456789
Question 2

Reusable hand warmers contain a supersaturated solution of sodium acetate. When a metal disc inside the hand warmer is clicked, crystallization is initiated, releasing thermal energy to the surroundings as solid sodium acetate trihydrate forms.

What are the signs of the enthalpy change (ΔH\Delta HΔH) and the entropy change of the system (ΔS\Delta SΔS) for this crystallization process?

ΔH\Delta HΔH is positive and ΔS\Delta SΔS is positive

ΔH\Delta HΔH is positive and ΔS\Delta SΔS is negative

ΔH\Delta HΔH is negative and ΔS\Delta SΔS is positive

ΔH\Delta HΔH is negative and ΔS\Delta SΔS is negative

Enthalpy and entropy Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Chemistry
  3. /Enthalpy and entropy