JEE Main On 8 April 2017 Question 28

Question: The enthalpy change on freezing of 1 mol of water at $ 5{}^\circ C $ to ice at $ -5{}^\circ C $ is : (Given $ {\Delta _{fus}}H=6kJ,mo{l^{-1}} $ at $ 0{}^\circ C $ , $ C _{p}(H _2O,\ell )=75.3J,mo{l^{-1}}{K^{-1}}, $ $ C _{p}(H _2O,s)=36.8J,mo{l^{-1}}{K^{-1}}) $ [JEE Online 08-04-2017]

Options:

A) $ 6.00,kJ,mo{l^{-1}} $

B) $ 5.81,kJ,mo{l^{-1}} $

C) $ 5.44,kJ,mo{l^{-1}} $

D) $ -6.56,kJ,mo{l^{-1}} $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

For questions like these, go step wiseI]

Water (liquid) at 5C→ water(l) at 0C

△t=5k

Cp=75.3J$mol^{−1}K^{−1}$

molesof$H_2O$=1mol

△H=mcp△t=1×75.3×5=376.5J

II] Water (liquid) at 0C→ water(l) at 0C

Latentheat(L)=△Hfus

L=6KJmol−1moles($H_2O$)=1△H=ml=6000J×1=6000J

III] Water (liquid) at 0C→ water(l) at −5C

△t=5kCp=36.8J$mol^{−1}K^{−1}$

moles($H_2O$)=1

△H=mcp△T=1×36.8×5=184J

Summation of all △H=376.5+6000+184=6560.5J=6.56kJ

Since cooling of water is an exothermic reaction, △H is always negative

△H=−6.56kJ