Hess's Law

So... Hess's Law is pretty cool! We are able to determine the heat of reaction for one specific reaction using combinations of other reactions. As long as the net reaction is the same in terms of the reactants and products, we can use known heat of reaction values to calculate another heat of reaction value.

For the purposes of our lab, we are attempting to experimentally prove Hess's Law. The sum of the average heats of reaction for reactions 1 and 3 should come out to be pretty close to the value for reaction 2.

Post your insights and questions here! :-)

Pat

Excel Issues

Lab Sections 2 and 4, General Chemistry:

What are your issues with Excel? Let's talk about the problems we are having here, so the whole class can benefit. This will be our running "how-to" discussion for Excel issues. You will be able to access previous questions and solutions, ask your own questions, view my solutions to your specific problem, and also contribute your knowledge to benefit others.

Excelsior!

Pat