thermochemistry

[thur-moh-kem-uh-stree]

noun

1. the branch of chemistry dealing with the relationship between chemical action and heat.

thermochemistry

/ ˌθɜːməʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ /

noun

1. the branch of chemistry concerned with the study and measurement of the heat evolved or absorbed during chemical reactions

thermochemistry

1. The branch of chemistry that is concerned with the heat generated by chemical reactions and by changes of state.

Other Word Forms

• thermochemist noun
• thermochemically adverb
• thermochemical adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of thermochemistry¹

First recorded in 1835–45; thermo- + chemistry

Example Sentences

Thermochemistry teaches us that the reaction C + O develops 29.5% of the heat produced by the complete oxidation of C to CO2, thus leaving only 70.5% for the stage CO + O = CO2.

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A, 1901, “On the Variation of the Specific Heat of Water”; for combustion methods, see article Thermochemistry, and treatises by Thomsen, Pattison-Muir and Berthelot; see also articles Thermodynamics and Vaporization.

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Heat of Combustion and Constitution.—In the article Thermochemistry a general account of heats of formation of chemical compounds is given, and it is there shown that this constant measures the stability of the compound.

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Other branches of this subject are treated in the articles Chemical Action; Energetics; Solution; Alloys; Thermochemistry.

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Berthelot states, as one of the fundamental principles of thermochemistry, "that the quantity of heat evolved is the measure of the sum of the chemical and physical work accomplished in the reaction"; and such a law will no doubt account for the phenomena above noted.

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