Consider what happens when a sample of the explosive TNT (Section 8.8: Chemistry Put to Work: Explosives

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Consider what happens when a sample of the explosive TNT (Section 8.8: "Chemistry Put to Work: Explosives and Alfred Nobel") is detonated under atmospheric pressure.
(a) Is the detonation a spontaneous process?
(b) What is the sign of q for this process?
(c) Can you determine whether w is positive, negative, or zero for the process? Explain.
(d) Can you determine the sign of ΔE for the process? Explain.
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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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