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Find out which fuel releases the most energy per gram.
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Chemistry Plan Aim: To find out which fuel releases the most energy per gram. Scientific Theory: Heat is the transfer of energy between two objects due to a temperature. Heat is lost through the atmosphere because of combustion a process where a substance and oxygen or other elements combine to produce heat and light (fire). Combustion of alcohols produces water and carbon dioxide. Therefore the amount of heat which is not being used to heat the water is lost through the air. There are three types of heat: conduction, convection and radiation. There are a number of ways to control the heat lost, an example is taking tiles and surrounding the fire to decrease the area of the heat that can be lost so more heat is trapped to concentrate on the water. Another way to control the heat is to decrease the distance between the boiling tube and the container. The amount of...
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