State with reason whether the work is done by the system on the surroundings or on the system by the surroundings if the following change occurs at constant pressure:
Work is done on the system by surroundings since there is 2 mol of gaseous reactants while there is no gaseous product. The result is decreased in volume i.e. w is positive.
What is the enthalpy of formation of the most stable form of an element in its standard state?