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Testing Alcohol  

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Testing Alcohol Aim To find out if the number of carbon and hydrogen atoms in alcohol affect how well they burn. Apparatus Clamp stand, alcohol burners containing: methanol, ethanol and propanol, splints, goggles, heat mat, copper beaker, water, thermometer, scales, water. Method Put 100g of water in a copper beaker and put in a thermometer, record the temperature and attach to clamp stand. Weigh the alcohol burner containing methanol and record the result, place under the beaker. Light the alcohol burner and wait till the water has reached 10 c more than the starting temperature. Put out the alcohol burner and weigh again. Then record the temperature the water is currently at and re-light the alcohol burner heat for another 10 c and then reweigh the alcohol burner and record the result. Repeat this for 10, 20, 30 and 40 c above the starting temperature, record the result for all of them. Now repeat the entire...

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