Qualifies mixing of gases as dissolution?
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dgdft@lemmy.world 2 months agoThe act of mixing is an exothermic chemical process that does in fact explicitly generate heat. You can read up here if curious: en.wikipedia.org/…/Enthalpy_change_of_solution
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Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 months ago
dgdft@lemmy.world 2 months ago
In a nutshell, the bonds in question are intermolecular forces, not bonds between atoms within a molecule.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 months ago
Of course. Otherwise this would qualify as a chemical reaction.
I’d totally get it, if were taking about lets say vaporising of perfume or fuel. There, the bonding forces between the molecules of the liquid (van der Waals, H-bridges) are released, and thus stored energy is set free.
dgdft@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, that’s fair.
I was focused on the marginal effect no matter how small, but you’re right that heat of solvation for gases is minuscule. I’m won over on the idea that it would be outweighed by cooling effect of gas expansion from fart decompression.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
But isn’t there some contribution from the delta in pressure?
dgdft@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, you’re right — there would be some cooling from pressure release.