What is the amount of heat energy associated with the reverse process?

1 Answer
Jul 7, 2018

Does not conservation of energy imply that the energy associated with the reverse process is PRECISELY the same as the forward process?

Explanation:

And so we might consider a simple EXOTHERMIC reaction....

A+BrarrAB + Delta

Bonds are MADE, and ENERGY is released....

Conservation of energy DIRECTLY specifies we can write the reverse process as....

AB + Deltararr A + B

The A-B bond is BROKEN....energy is REQUIRED....