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To Investigate the Combustion of Fuels Plan A fuel is a substance from which energy can be obtained, usually by combustion. I have chosen to use four different alcohols as fuel - methanol, ethanol, propanol and butanol. We can measure how much energy is released by putting the burning fuel under a beaker of water, and recording how much the temperature goes up by. Then the equation E = MC?T is used, where: E = Energy Released M = Mass of material heated C = Specific heat capacity of the material. For water this is 4.2 ?T = Temperature change Method For this investigation I will need: Clamp Stand Metal dish Conical flask Bunsen burner Thermometer Measuring cylinder Wooden splints Scales Water Four spirit burners containing ethanol, methanol, propanol and butanol I will set up this equipment as shown below. First I will light the Bunsen burner, and make sure it is at least a metre away from the rest of my apparatus. Then I will measure out 100ml of...

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