What is Hess's law?

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anor277
Apr 16, 2016

A restatement of the principle of conservation of energy.

Explanation:

Hess' law of heat summation states that the enthalpy change of a chemical reaction depends upon the initial and final states of the chemical reaction, and is independent of path.

Another way of saying this is:

#"TANSTAAFL, There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"#

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