(a) Use bond enthalpies to estimate the enthalpy change for the reaction of hydrogen with ethylene: H2...

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(a) Use bond enthalpies to estimate the enthalpy change for the reaction of hydrogen with ethylene:
H2 (g) + C2H4 (g) → C2H6 (g)
(b) Calculate the standard enthalpy change for this reaction, using heats of formation. Why does this value differ from that calculated in (a)?
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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0321696724

12th edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward

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