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Heat of Combustion Vs. Number of Carbon Atoms.
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Heat of Combustion Vs. Number of Carbon Atoms Alcohols are very similar to alkane and alkenes. AlcoholÆs are a family of related compounds- a homologous series. Each member of the series has the O-H group in its molecule. The general formulas for alcoholÆs is CnH2n+1OH, where n is the number of carbon atoms. Here are a few examples of the alcoholÆs I will be using: In this experiment I will be burning a range of alcoholÆs to heat up a container of water. I will be trying to get reliable results that will tell me how the number of carbon atoms relate to the amount of heat given out otherwise known as the ôenthalpy of combustionö. The combustion process is the making and breaking of bonds. In this experiment hopefully the alcohols will have an exothermic reaction because heat will be given out. The breaking of bonds is endothermic and the...
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