Question:
In an exothermic reaction, heat is evolved, and the system loses heat to the
surrounding. For such a system
(i) qp will be negative
(ii) ∆rH will be negative
(iii) qp will be positive
(iv) ∆rH will be positive
Solution:
Option (i) qp will be negative and (ii) ∆rH will be negative are the answers.