This document discusses enthalpy and Hess's Law. It defines enthalpy as the total kinetic and potential energy of a system at constant pressure. The change in enthalpy (ΔH) of a reaction is equal to the enthalpy of the products minus the enthalpy of the reactants. For exothermic reactions where heat is released, ΔH is negative, and for endothermic reactions where heat is absorbed, ΔH is positive. Hess's Law states that the enthalpy change of a reaction is the same whether it occurs in one step or multiple steps. ΔH values can be used to calculate the enthalpy change of unknown reactions using known reaction enthalpies.