## delta U= delta H

$\Delta U=q+w$

Emily Vainberg 1D
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### delta U= delta H

When does the Internal Energy (delta U) = delta H?

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### Re: delta U= delta H

I think, at constant volume and constant pressure, delta U is equal to delta H.

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### Re: delta U= delta H

When there is a constant volume or pressure, no expansion or compression work is being done by the system so w=0. When heat is at constant pressure, it equals the enthalpy change, so at constant pressure, delta U is equal to delta H.

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### Re: delta U= delta H

When the volume of the reactants is equal to the volume of the products, delta U is equal to delta H.

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### Re: delta U= delta H

Delta U= q+w and under constant pressure, qp=delta H and when no work is done Delta U=Delta H

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Were also pretty helpful for me sorting it out in my head, hope they help!

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### Re: delta U= delta H

under constant volume delta U equals delta H because at constant pressure q equals H and at constant volume no work is being done, so in that case U=q which is U=H in contact pressure and volume.

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### Re: delta U= delta H

The standard equation deltaU=deltaH - P*deltaV accounts for any change in the volume, however, when delta V = 0, the equation changes to deltaU=deltaH - P*0. This is when deltaU=deltaH because P*0 will not affect the internal energy (delta U).

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Just to clarify, delta U=delta H when pressure and volume are constant and no work is being done?

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arisawaters2D wrote:Just to clarify, delta U=delta H when pressure and volume are constant and no work is being done?

yeah if we have constant volume, delta U is equal to qv and when we have constant pressure delta U is equal to qp. As a result we have delta U = delta H - PdeltaV. However, if P and V are constant then we just have delta U=delta H

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SamanthaTolentino 3D wrote:
arisawaters2D wrote:Just to clarify, delta U=delta H when pressure and volume are constant and no work is being done?

yeah if we have constant volume, delta U is equal to qv and when we have constant pressure delta U is equal to qp. As a result we have delta U = delta H - PdeltaV. However, if P and V are constant then we just have delta U=delta H

So substituting delta U = q + w, how is q equal to delta H when pressure is constant?

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### Re: delta U= delta H

When there is no change in volume, there is no delta w, delta U = delta H

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### Re: delta U= delta H

When there is constant pressure on no work done by expansion the DeltaU = DeltaH

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### Re: delta U= delta H

Delta U is equal to delta H when there is no change in volume, so that means that work equals zero. This is because no expansion or compression is done, and work equals zero.

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### Re: delta U= delta H

We can only say that delta U = delta H when there is no work done on the system. This means that there will be no change in volume and no change in pressure.

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### Re: delta U= delta H

When there is constant pressure and a constant volume, delta U is equal to delta H.

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### Re: delta U= delta H

$\Delta U = \Delta H$ when there is no work (work = 0). This occurs when there is constant volume (since the work equation =$-P\Delta V$.

Jiapeng Han 1C
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### Re: delta U= delta H

When there is no work done. In other words, delta U=delta H when there is no change in volume, ex. in an ideal gas.

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### Re: delta U= delta H

This means that when there is constant pressure AND constant volume, delta H (enthalpy) equals delta U

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The easy way to remember this is that work is equal to force times distance. Distance in our case is when a plunger or something similar is usually pushed into the chamber or out of the chamber which changes the volume. Therefore when their is no change in volume, work = 0. Once work = 0 the only thing left in the equation is delta U = change in enthalpy.

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### Re: delta U= delta H

Internal energy equals change in enthalpy at constant pressure and volume. This is because internal energy equals q (heat) at constant volume (since the system is not doing any work), and q equals delta H at constant pressure.

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### Re: delta U= delta H

As long as Pressure and Volume are constant, they are equal because no work is being done.

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