The small bags of silica gel you often see in a new shoe box are placed there to control humidity. despite its name, silica gel is a solid. it is a chemically inert, highly porous, amorphous form of sio2. water vapor readily adsorbs onto the surface of silica gel, so it acts as a desiccant. despite not knowing mechanistic details of the adsorption of water onto silica gel, from the information provided, you should be able to make an educated guess about the thermodynamic characteristics of the process. predict the signs of δg, δh, and δs.

What does the field of thermodynamics relate to a-changes in nuclear reactions b- changes in energy in systems c changes in molecular structure d changes in atomic properties

)in the deacon process for the manufacture of chlorine, hcl and o2 react to form cl2 and h2o. sufficient air (21 mole% o2, 79% n2) is fed to provide 35% excess oxygen, and the fractional conversion of hcl is 85%. calculate the mole fractions of the product stream components.

Benzonitrile (c6h5cn) is reduced to two different products depending on the reducing agent used. treatment with lithium aluminum hydride followed by water forms k, which has a molecular ion in its mass spectrum at 107 and the following ir absorptions: 3373, 3290, 3062, 2920, and 1600 cm-1. treatment with a milder reducing agent forms l, which has a molecular ion in its mass spectrum at 106 and the following ir absorptions: 3086, 2850, 2820, 2736, 1703, and 1600 cm-1. l shows fragments in its mass spectrum at m/z = 105 and 77. propose structures for k and l and choose an explanation for how this could be concluded.