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a) Delta H is negative and Delta S is negative
b) Delta H is positive and Delta S is positive
c) Delta H is negative and Delta S is positive
d) Delta H is positive and Delta S is negative

If you could, please explain why you got the answer that you got.

2007-04-30 13:22:29 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

2 answers

In any dissolving process there is an increase in entropy. So that cuts out a and d.

Then the question says that the temperature drops. That makes it b (endothermic).

2007-05-02 06:59:38 · answer #1 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 1 0

NH4Cl ----> NH4+ + Cl- even as Ammonium Chloride dissolves in water, ammonium ions and Chloride ions are produced.. It thoroughly dissociates into those ions, being a good looking good electrolyte..

2016-11-23 18:36:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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