Practice: Hess' Law of Heat Summation 1 The heats of combustion for graphite an…
Practice: Hess' Law of Heat Summation 1
The heats of combustion for graphite and diamond are as follows:
Cgraphite(s) + O2(g) → CO2(g) ΔH = –394 kJ
Cdiamond(s) + O2(g) → CO2(g) ΔH = –396 kJ
Diamond spontaneously changes to graphite. What is the change in enthalpy accompanying the conversion of two moles of diamond to graphite?