Results Analysis Questions (RAQ)
1. What is calorimetry and Hess's Law?
2. What makes it difficult to measure the enthalpy of reaction of Mg burning in oxygen, and what reactions will you perform to determine it?
3. What is the heat capacity of your coffee-cup calorimeter, and why do you need to determine it?
4. What is the enthalpy of reaction of Mg reacting in HCl?
5. What is the enthalpy of reaction of MgO reacting in HCl?
6. How will you manipulate the three equations and their enthalpies to achieve the desired overall equation and calculate its ΔHrxn?
7. What is your overall enthalpy of reaction for burning one mole of Mg in O2?