Is the following reaction exothermic or endothermic? 2P + 5Cl2 → 2PCl5 ΔH°= - 886 kJ

Exothermic

Explanation:

The energy is the ability to perform a job or to produce heat, and chemical reactions involve a rearrangement of atoms between substances with rupture or formation of chemical bonds.

Endothermic reactions are those that absorb energy in the form of heat.

On the other hand, an exothermic reaction is a way in which energy is released from the system into the environment.

Enthalpy (ΔH) represents the exchange of energy between a thermodynamic system and its surroundings. An endothermic reaction will always have a enthalpy variation (ΔH) greater than zero (ΔH> 0). An exothermic reaction will always have a enthalpy variation (ΔH) less than zero (ΔH< 0).

So in this case, the reaction is exothermic.

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two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.