In this simulation, you will learn the basic principles of thermodynamics and you will learn how to determine the energy of a chemical compound by applying the technique of calorimetry. Remember that you can access the theory section at any moment in your LabPad while playing the simulation. Following is a list of all the relevant theory pages to boost your learning:

• The first law of thermodynamics
  • Types of energy
• Calorimetry
  • Total heat capacity
    • Specific heat capacity
  • Constant pressure calorimeter
  • Constant volume calorimeter
• Enthalpy
  • Heat and energy
    • Specific energy
  • Enthalpies of formation and reaction
  • Exothermic and endothermic reactions
• Standard states of elements
• Hess’s law
• The second law of thermodynamics
• Entropy
  • Entropy explained by probability
  • Examples of processes where the entropy increases
• Gibbs free energy
  • Temperature dependence of the Gibbs free energy
    • Examples of processes that are spontaneous only above or below a certain temperature
    • Examples of reactions that are always or never spontaneous

References

• Zumdahl, Chemistry, 5th Ed. (Houghton Mifflin 2000).