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The amount of heat created from an alcohol burner.  

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The amount of heat created from an alcohol burner Planning I am trying to find how much heat is evolved from the reaction going on from an alcohol burner. I will use a more specified version of the following apparatus. I am going to use an alcohol burner to burn certain amounts of alcohol. From this I can see how much alcohol is burnt when it is heating distilled water to a certain temperature. The container we have been told to use is a can. Because I am burning alcohol's, I will need to take some safety precautions, such as wearing safety goggles, and not sitting down when the experiment is being taken place. For the experiment I am going to use 5 different alcohols. They go in order, from 1 carbon atom in Methanol to 5 in Pentanol. I predict there will be a change in energy given off. I think the more carbons...

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