The heat given out in a chemical reaction is due to what?

Subject: The heat given out in a chemical reaction is due to what?

Date: Sat Sep 1 13:56:42 2001
Posted by Devdatta
Grade level: undergrad School: Dnyanyog academy
City: mumbai State/Province: Maharashtra Country: India
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 999367002.Ch

Message:


I would like to know whether the heat given out in exothermic reactions is due 
to conversion of mass into energy so that the mass of products is less than 
that of the reatants or it is due to total internal energy of the products 
(K.E. + P.E. due to different arrangements of atoms)being less than that of the 
reactants. Kindly answer. Thank you.

Re: The heat given out in a chemical reaction is due to what?

Current Queue | Current Queue for Chemistry | Chemistry archives

Try the links in the MadSci Library for more information on Chemistry.