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Investigating the different amounts of heat given off by different alcohols in spirit burners when used to warm water
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Chemistry Coursework Investigating the different amounts of heat given off by different alcohols in spirit burners when used to warm water Planning Stage In this piece of coursework, I am going to investigate the amount of heat produced when different types of alcohol are burned in spirit burners. I will compare the amounts of heat given off by the alcohols Ethanol, Methanol, Propanol and Butanol. There are a number of factors that affect the amount of heat produced by the spirit burner, for example: the distance of the lit spirit burner flame from the beaker of water, the volume of water used, the exclusion of draughts, the mass of alcohol that starts off in the spirit burner, the size and type of the container used to hold the water and the time period for which the fuel is burnt. For my experiment, I have chosen to investigate the mass of the alcohol burnt. It...
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