This simulation calculates the heat of reaction at the temperature selected by the slider. The blue line is the enthalpy of the reactants, and the green line is the enthalpy of the products. The black arrowed line represents the heat of reaction at the temperature selected. Choose among three reactions using the drop-down menu labelled "Reaction". The governing equations are under Details.

The heat of reaction at a given temperature \( \Delta H^{ \circ }_{T} \) is calculated from the standard state heat of reaction \( \Delta H^{ \circ }_{298} \) and temperature-dependent heat capacity \( C_{p} \) of the mixture:

where

where \( \nu_{i} \) is the stoichiometric coefficient of component \( i \), \( C_{p, i} \) is the heat capacity of component \( i \), and \( n \) is the number of components in the reaction. Heat capacity data are fit using the Shomate equation:

where \( A \), \( B \), \( C \), \( D \), and \( E \) are constants, and \( T \) is temperature in Kelvin. The resulting equation for heat of reaction \( \Delta H_{rxn} \) is therefore

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