Hess’s Law of Heat Summation
The enthalpy change of an overall process is the sum of
the enthalpy changes of its individual steps.
Used to predict the enthalpy change (a) of an overall reaction
that cannot be studied directly, and/or (b) of an overall reaction
that can be separated into distinct reactions whose enthalpy
changes can be measured individually.
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