The diagram below shows a cell placed in a solution.

A cell is shown placed inside a beaker. It is labeled Cell. The solution inside the beaker is labeled 40% salt solution and the solution inside the cell is labeled 20% salt solution.

Only water is allowed to move in and out of the cell. What will most likely happen to the cell?

It will expand as water moves out of it.
It will shrink as water moves out of it.
It will expand as water moves into it.
It will shrink as water moves into it.

a. energy is absorbed in the reaction.

if in a given reaction the energy of products is greater than the energy of reactants it means that reaction is endothermic and during the reaction, the energy is absorbed by reactants. in an endothermic reaction, the products have more stored chemical energy than the reactants. and in this reaction the reactants are more stable than products before the compounds with less energy are always more stable.

answer : third trial had the contaminated sample and the correct value for dhrxn should be 1000 kj/mol

explanation :

let us write down the given equations

equation 1 :

equation 2 :

equation 3 :

let us use hess's law to find out which 2 equations can be added to get the third equation.

let us reverse equation 2 and multiply it by 2. the new equation that we get is,

equation 4 :

let us add equation 1 & 4

the above equation is similar to equation 3 but has different value for dhrxn.

therefore third trial had the contaminated sample and the correct value for dhrxn should be 1000 kj/mol

i belive it is water