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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

Enthalpy of combustion of H2 to form H20 at 298K is -298KJ/mole. Bond enthalpies of H-H and O=O are 433KJ/mole and 492KJ/mole respectively. Find bond enthalpy of O-H ?

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11 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Naveen Kumar
11 Years ago
The reaction can be given as:
H2....+......(1/2)O2..................................>......H2O.......+......298kJ/mol
In this reaction, for combustion of 1 mole of H2, one mole of H-H bond and ½ mole of O-O bond will be broken and 2 mole of O-H bond will be formed.The braeking of bond is endothermic process and formation of bond is exothermic process.
applying energy conservation,
433KJ....+....(1/2)*492kJ= 298KJ+2*EO-H
EO-H=(433+246-298)*1/2 kJ
Profile image of Damini Parihar
11 Years ago
answer is not matching , answr given is B 
Profile image of Damini Parihar
11 Years ago
answer is not matching , answr given is B 
Profile image of Naveen Kumar
11 Years ago
Dear student just replace the sign of the energy released because it is exothermically released. what you will get is also bond energy released in the formation of O-H bond.
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