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The subject of thermochemistry is concerned with the transfers of heat accompanying chemical reactions. As in thermodynamics, heat addition to a system (an endothermic process) is classed as positive, and heat rejection (an exothermic process) as negative. Since these processes may involve changes in phase, it is necessary for the phase of each reactant and each product to be specified. Each material is therefore qualified with one of the symbols (s),(1) or (g) representing solid, liquid or gaseous phase, respectively. In the case of elemental carbon, the symbol (gr) is used to indicate that the carbon exists in its standard state as solid graphite and not as one of its other allotropes.
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Goodger, E.M. (1975). Thermochemistry of Fuels. In: Hydrocarbon Fuels. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02652-4_3
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