To a calorimeter containing 41.80g of water at 29.95oC, 11.7999 of a salt was added with stirring. As the salt dissolved, the temperature rapidly changed to 37.85oC before slowly returning to room temperature.

1. Calculate the Heat of Solution.

Given that the Heat of Formation of the solid salt is -226.90 KJ/mol and the Molecular Mass of the salt is 90.14 g/mol
2. Calculate Heat of Formation of the Solution in Kj/mol

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To calculate the heat of solution in this problem, you need to use the equation:

q = m * c * ΔT

Where:
q = heat transferred (in joules)
m = mass of the substance (in grams)
c = specific heat capacity (in J/g°C)
ΔT = change in temperature (in °C)

First, let's calculate the heat transferred when the salt dissolves in the water:

1. Calculate the heat transferred during the temperature change from 29.95°C to 37.85°C:
q1 = m * c * ΔT1

where:
m = mass of water = 41.80g
c = specific heat capacity of water = 4.18 J/g°C
ΔT1 = change in temperature = 37.85°C - 29.95°C = 7.90°C

Plug in the values:
q1 = 41.80g * 4.18 J/g°C * 7.90°C

Calculate q1.

2. Calculate the heat transferred during the temperature change as the solution returns to room temperature. We assume that the heat transferred during this process is equal to the heat transferred during the initial temperature change. So, the heat transferred during this stage is also q1.

Now, the total heat transferred during the process is the sum of the heat transferred during the temperature change and the heat of solution (q2):

q_total = q1 + q2

Since q_total is equal to 0 (no heat is gained or lost by the calorimeter), we can rewrite the equation as:

0 = q1 + q2

Now, let's calculate q2.

3. Calculate q2:
q2 = -q1

The negative sign indicates that the heat transferred during the solution process is opposite in direction to the heat transferred during the temperature change.

Now we have the value for q2, which is the heat of solution. Let's calculate it.

4. Convert q2 to kilojoules:
Heat of solution (q2) = q2 / 1000

This will give you the value for the heat of solution.

Now, let's move on to calculating the heat of formation of the solution in kJ/mol.

To calculate the heat of formation of the solution, we need to calculate the number of moles of the salt that dissolved. We can do this using the molar mass of the salt.

1. Calculate the number of moles of the salt:
moles of salt = mass of salt / molar mass

Given that the mass of the salt (11.7999g) and the molar mass of the salt (90.14 g/mol), you can calculate the number of moles of the salt.

2. Calculate the heat of formation of the solution:
Heat of formation of the solution = Heat of solution / moles of salt

Given that you have the heat of solution and the number of moles of the salt, you can now calculate the heat of formation of the solution in kJ/mol.

Remember to consider the correct sign conventions (exothermic or endothermic) when dealing with heat of formation.