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Hess's Law Calculator

Calculate reaction enthalpy via Hess's law

🔥Hess's Law Calculator

e.g. -285.8, -393.5

Hess's Law states that the total enthalpy change of a reaction is independent of the pathway taken — it depends only on the initial and final states. This allows calculation of ΔH for reactions that are difficult to measure directly.

  1. 1Write the target reaction
  2. 2Identify a series of known reactions that sum to the target
  3. 3Reverse any reaction that needs to be reversed (change sign of ΔH)
  4. 4Multiply reactions by appropriate stoichiometric factors
  5. 5Sum all ΔH values
C + O₂ → CO₂ (ΔH=−393kJ) and 2CO + O₂ → 2CO₂ (ΔH=−566kJ)=C + ½O₂ → CO: ΔH = −110kJSubtract half of second equation from first

Fun Fact

Hess's Law (1840) was derived before the first law of thermodynamics was formally stated. It is essentially a special case of energy conservation applied to chemical reactions.

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