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An investigation to see how the energy is released by burning alcohols depends on the number of carbon atoms they contain.
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An investigation to see how the energy is released by burning alcohols depends on the number of carbon atoms they contain. Planning My objective for this experiment is to find out how the amount of energy released depends on the number of carbon atom present in the various alcohols. I will use 5 different alcohols, all with different numbers of carbon atoms. The alcohols I will use are: Methanol, Ethanol, Propanol, Butanol and Pentanol. To work out how energy is released in each case, I will heat up a can fill with 150ml of distilled water by 15 degrees centigrade. Variables I will keep the same throughout the investigation I will need to keep these variables the same to ensure that this is a fair test. o The volume of water in the can. This is to be kept the same because the more water present, the more water particles there are that need to be...
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