A thermochemical equation is just a chemical equation with heat right? How do i know where to add the heat like product or reactant side of the arrow?

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anor277
Apr 9, 2018

You don’t know, this the experimental result.

Explanation:

And by convention if the reaction is exothermic, #DeltaH^@# is reported as NEGATIVE, and if the reaction is endothermic, #DeltaH^@# is reported as POSITIVE. But this is an experimental proposition, even given thermodynamic parameters.

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