A student dissolves of sodium hydroxide in of water in a well-insulated open cup. He that observes the temperature of the water rise from to over the course of minutes. Use this data, and any information you need from the ALEKS Data resource,
NaOH(s) rightarrow Na+(aq) + OH-(aq)
You can make any reasonable assumptions about the physical properties of the solution. Note for advanced students: it's possible the student did not do the experiment carefully, and the values you calculate may not be the same as the known and published values for this reaction.
1. Is this reaction exothermic, endothermic, or neither.
2. If you said the reaction was exothermic or endothermic, calculate the amount of neat that was released or absorbed by the reaction in this case.
3. Calculate the reaction enthalpy AW per mole of NaOH.
This question is incomplete but the answer to (1) and steps involved in calculating (2) and (3) will be discussed in the attachment
1. The reaction is an exothermic reaction because heat was given off. Exothermic reaction is a reaction in which heat is released from a reaction into the surroundings. And according to the question, the student observed that the temperature of the water increased during the course of the minutes.
