I have a doubt and i've no idea from where i got this idea but please tell me if i'm right..
In most questions for paper 6 (chemistry) they ask what type of reaction occured. How do we know if a reaction is exothermic or endothermic if no information about temperature change is given? Also, are all reacctions with hydrogen as a by-product exothermic? What about water? There was a question: what reaction occurs when ammonium chloride reacts with water. I thought it was exothermic and so did my colleagues but the marking scheme says endothermic. Please explain!
||Exothermic Reactions:
1) When Dilute hydrochloric acid reacts with sodium hydroxide solution a
neutralistation reaction happens
2)All
Displacement Reactions :
Mg + H2SO4 -----> MgSO4 + H2
3) Combustion
||Endothermic Reactions:
1) N2 + 02 -----> 2NO
(dunno what is it called but thats whats written in the book)
2)Thermal Decomposition:
Ca(OH)2 -----> CaO + H20
2Cu (NO3)2 ------> 2CuO + 4NO2 + O2
3) Melting of ice and evaporation of water
(yes, you probably thought it was exo like me, but it turned out to be endo)