When hydrogen gas reacts with oxygen gas under certain conditions to produce liquid water, 572.0 kJ of heat energy is released. Is the reaction exothermic or endothermic?

Answer : This reaction is an exothermic reaction.

Explanation :

Endothermic reaction : It is defined as the chemical reaction in which the energy is absorbed from the surrounding.

In the endothermic reaction, the energy of reactant are less than the energy of product.

Exothermic reaction : It is defined as the chemical reaction in which the energy is released into the surrounding.

In the exothermic reaction, the energy of reactant are more than the energy of product.

Enthalpy of reaction : It is the difference between the energy of product and the reactant. It is represented as .

The balanced chemical reaction will be:

From the reaction we conclude that the heat energy is released during the reaction that means this reaction is an exothermic reaction.

Hence, the reaction is an exothermic reaction.

nacl or sodium chloride is an ionic compound. this is because an ionic compound pertains to a compound that consists of positively and negatively charged ions. in this case, na (sodium) has a tendency to lose one electron when it reacts with with other atoms, so the resulting sodium ion contains 11 protons and 10 electrons, thus making it positively charged (na+), when chlorine reacts, it usually gains one electron to form an ion called chloride, thus making it negatively charged ( since the ions are oppositely charged, they attract.