Reversible Reactions
Moderators: Chem_Mod, Chem_Admin
-
- Posts: 65
- Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:19 am
Reversible Reactions
Are reversible reactions always isothermal? Can we assume that delta U = 0 for any reversible or isothermal reaction?
-
- Posts: 62
- Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:15 am
Re: Reversible Reactions
I believe all reversible reactions are isothermal but all isothermal reactions may not be reversible
Re: Reversible Reactions
I think you can make the assumption that isothermal reactions have deltaU = 0. That also means that q = -w
-
- Posts: 62
- Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:25 am
-
- Posts: 60
- Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:24 am
-
- Posts: 54
- Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:17 am
Re: Reversible Reactions
Lyndon in his review session said that in this class, we can pretty much assume that isothermal means reversible.
-
- Posts: 57
- Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:16 am
-
- Posts: 60
- Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:16 am
- Been upvoted: 1 time
Re: Reversible Reactions
Not all isothermal reactions are reversible but if a reaction is said to be reversible it is usually isothermal. because there is no temperature change delta U is equal to zero according to the equation U= 3/2nRdeltaT.
-
- Posts: 50
- Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:18 am
Re: Reversible Reactions
Any reversible reaction is isothermal, but never assume that any isothermal reaction is reversible.
Return to “Thermodynamic Definitions (isochoric/isometric, isothermal, isobaric)”
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 7 guests