The correct answer is D. Hess's law states than the enthalpy of a reaction does not depend on the reaction path
Explanation:
In a chemical reaction, the enthalpy refers to the internal energy in a system and how this increases or decreases during the reaction. According to Hess's law proposed by German Hess in 1940, the enthalpy does not depend on the reaction path or the number of steps in a reaction. This means one reaction of only one step will have the same enthalpy that if the reaction occurs in several steps because the energy that requires all the process is the same. Thus, the "Hess's law states than the enthalpy of a reaction doe s not depend on the reaction path".
