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Determine whether there is a relationship between the increasing length of the carbon chain and the enthalpy of combustion of the alcohol that contains the carbon chain.
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The Enthalpy Change of combustion of Alcohols This experiment is carried out to determine whether there is a relationship between the increasing length of the carbon chain and the enthalpy of combustion of the alcohol that contains the carbon chain. If such a relationship arises can this information be used to predict the enthalpy change of combustion of any alcohol? This will hopefully be answered by the following experiment. The experiment will use known alcohols as heat source. The alcohol will be completely combusted this means that it will react with only the oxygen in the air to give carbon dioxide and water. Alcohols can be used as heat sources because they react exothermically. This means that when they react they give out more energy than they take in. In a reaction involving the complete combustion of an alcohol the bonds in that alcohol and the oxygen it is reacting with are...
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