bingo! i too got the answer same as your answer!
well i am sorry to say that according to the answer key the answer is b!!!!!!!!!
In the given reaction at 300K
C6H6 + 15/2O2---------->6CO2 + 3H2O enthalpy= -3271kJ
What is change in the internal for the combustion of 1.5 mole of benzene at 300K?
a)-3267.25kJ
b)-4900.88kJ
c)-4906.5kJ
d)-3274.75kJ
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Rohan Ghosh
·2008-12-14 07:04:25
i think the enthalpy is given per mol
then the answer just
-1.5*(3271)=-4906.5
Aakash Sharawat
·2008-12-14 16:35:36
Aakash Sharawat
·2008-12-17 16:22:35
@manish: bhaiya by using this we are getting -3659KJ which none of the options above! i think that they must have given the wrong answer!
skygirl
·2008-12-17 21:01:56
the ans should be 'c'.
no explanation given in the answer key in support of b ??