Chemistry L26

• Calorimeter


  devices that measure energy absorbed or released as heat
• Chemical potential energy


  the amount of energy stored in a compound via chemical bonds
• Enthalpy


  heat
• Enthalpy of formation


  the quantity of energy transferred as heat during a chemical reaction
• Specific heat


  the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius or one Kelvin
• Surroundings


  represent everything else in the universe that is NOT in the system
• Thermochemical equation


  include the quantity of energy released or absorbed as heat during the reaction
• Thermochemistry


  the study of the changes in heat energy in a chemical reaction is called