Mg(s) + ½O2(g) → MgO(s) + 146 kcal/mole H2(g) + ½O2(g) → H2O(g), ΔH = -57.82 kcal/mole What type of reaction is represented by the previous two examples?
Endothermic
Exothermic
Answer is: both reactions
are exothermic.
In exothermic reactions, heat is released and enthalpy of reaction is less than
zero (as it show second chemical reaction).
According to Le Chatelier's principle when the reaction
is exothermic heat is included as a product (as it show first
chemical reaction).
