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Grade 12Inorganic Chemistry

How do we know if a particular compound will have positive enthalpy or negative enthalpy in solution, like KBr or LiI??

Profile image of Geetika
9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
Dear Student,
Enthalpy is the total of the solvation energies, separation
energies and hydration vitality. On the off chance that this ends
up being sure or negative, the enthalpy would be the same. 
Cheers!!
Regards,
Vikas (B. Tech. 4th year
Thapar University)