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Combustion of alcohols
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David Downs Combustion of alcohols I aim to investigate the heats of combustion in comparison to the number of atoms in the molecule between different alcohols. To do this I will heat some water in a beaker until it has risen in temperature significantly and then will weigh it in order to establish the change in mass thus to work out the heats of combustion. I will use the equation E=MC T and the specific heat of water (4200j) to calculate the heats. In this equation E is the energy required to raise the waters temperature to the specified heat (j), M is the mass of water in the beaker (kg) and C is the specific heat. is a Greek letter used in Chemistry to symbolise 'change in'. Therefore T is the change in temperature (?c). An alcohol is a water molecule with an alkyl group in place of one of...
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