Homework Help: chemistry

Posted by madison on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 9:06pm.

consider the following reaction:
C3H8 (g)+ 5O2 (g)--> 3CO2 (g)+ 4H20 (g)
Delta H = -2440kJ
The heat of formation of CO2 is -390 kJ/mol and the heat of formation of H2O is -240 kJ/mol. What is the heat of formation of propane?

chemistry - bobpursley, Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 9:21pm
Using Hess' Law....

3*(-390)+4(-240)-Hf=-2440

solve for Hf(propane).

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