Lecture Question
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Lecture Question
In one of the examples from Monday's lecture, O2 didn't have any delta HF value. I was wondering why that is?
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Re: Lecture Question
If you mean delta H formation, I think it's because we measure delta H formation relative to what the compound "normally" is. At 25 degrees Celsius and 1 atm, oxygen is usually O2(g). So, it doesn't take any additional energy to transform O2(g) from O2(g)
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Re: Lecture Question
The reason why O2 has a standard enthalpy of formation of 0 is because diatomic oxygen is the most stable in this form, therefore it requires no change to achieve this state!
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Re: Lecture Question
Yeah just to re-iterate, the standard enthalpy of formation has to always do with getting something to its most stable form; so for diatomic molecules (like O2) it is already in its most stable form, thus its standard enthalpy of formation would be 0.
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