The crystalline hydrate Cd(NO 3 ) 2 4H 2 O(s) loses water when placed in a
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The crystalline hydrate Cd(NO3)2 ∙ 4H2O(s) loses water when placed in a large, closed, dry vessel:
This process is spontaneous and ΔH is positive. Is this process an exception to Bertholet’s generalization that all spontaneous changes are exothermic? 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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