General Chemistry: Principles and Modern Applications (10th Edition)

Published by Pearson Prentice Hal
ISBN 10: 0132064529
ISBN 13: 978-0-13206-452-1

Chapter 19 - Spontaenous Change: Entropy and Gibbs Energy - Example 19-3 - Calculating Entropy Changes from Standard Molar Entropies - Page 831: Practice Example B

Answer

$312.4\,J mol^{-1}K^{-1}$

Work Step by Step

The decomposition reaction is $N_{2}O_{3}(g)\rightarrow NO(g)+NO_{2}(g)$ $\Delta S^{\circ}=\Sigma n_{p}S^{\circ}(products)-\Sigma n_{r}S^{\circ}(reactants)$ $=[1\,mol\times S^{\circ}(NO,g)+1\,mol\times S^{\circ}(NO_{2},g)]-[1\,mol\times S^{\circ}(N_{2}O_{3},g)]$ $=(210.8\,J/K+240.1\,J/K)-(1\,mol\times S^{\circ}(N_{2}O_{3},g)=138.5\,J/K$ $\implies S^{\circ}(N_{2}O_{3},g)=\frac{(210.8+240.1-138.5)\,J/K}{1\,mol}$ $=312.4\,J mol^{-1}K^{-1}$
Update this answer!

You can help us out by revising, improving and updating this answer.

Update this answer

After you claim an answer you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. An editor will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback.