Chemistry: Potential Energy?
In a reaction where Ammonium Nitrate and Water are mixed together, its an endothermic process right?
Since the final temperature is lower than the initial temperature of the solution, does this mean that the system lost/released energy?
In turn, this would mean that since energy is released when bonds are made, and energy is used when bonds are broken, that there was Potential Energy in the bonds of the Ammonium Nitrate, and was released when they dissolved into the water (formed bonds)?
Answers & Comments
In this endothermic reaction, energy is taken from the surroundings (the water) and turned into chemical potential energy. In practice, the energy released by the ammonium and nitrate ions interacting with water molecules is less than the energy required to break up the solid lattice of ammonium nitrate.
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