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The heat of combustion of a substance is: -

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Question

The heat of combustion of a substance is:

Options

  • always positive

  • always negative

  • numerically equal totheheatofformation

  • unpredictable

MCQ

Solution

always negative

Explanation:

The amount of heat evolved (i.e. decrease in enthalpy) when one mole of a substance is completely burned in air or oxygen is always negative.

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