Chemistry (12th Edition)

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Chapter 17 - Thermochemistry - 17.4 Calculating Heats of Reaction - 17.4 Lesson Check - Page 582: 37

Answer

If you can't measure the heat of a reaction, then you can use either Hess's law of heat summation or the standard heats of formation, depending on what information you are given.

Work Step by Step

If you can't measure the heat of a reaction, then you can use either Hess's law of heat summation or the standard heats of formation, depending on what information you are given.
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