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An Investigation to see how the energy released by burning Alcohols depends on the number of Carbon atoms they contain.
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An Investigation to see how the energy released by burning Alcohols depends on the number of Carbon atoms they contain I intend to burn 5 different alcohols (methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol and pentanol) to see if the number of carbon atoms in each one affects the energy they release. Methanol has one carbon atom; ethanol has two, and so on until pentanol which has five. To do this I am going to do a simple experiment. Each alcohol will be in a spirit burner, and a tin of pre-measured water will be held above. I will weigh the spirit burner before I light it. Once lit, I will wait for it to heat the water to a pre-arranged temperature. Then I will weigh the spirit burner again and record the loss in mass. When I have collected weights for each alcohol, I can then begin calculating the energy lost during...
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