The part I'm struggling with is the second part of the question which asks:
Which requires more heat:
Breaking one mole of carbon-carbon single bonds or melting one mole ice?
The answer states "breaking a covalent bond" but aren't both of these bonds O-H and C-C covalent bonds?? I put that it was melting the mole of ice, but I was just hoping for some clarification.
2010 Final Exam Q1B: Which is greater delta H?
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Re: 2010 Final Exam Q1B: Which is greater delta H?
When you're melting ice or conducting any phase change in general, you are not breaking any covalent bonds.
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