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To find out how much energy is produced when burning two hydrocarbons, Ethanol and Paraffin. I will be burning these hydrocarbons to heat up a beaker of water.
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Sc1 Aim: To find out how much energy is produced when burning two hydrocarbons, Ethanol and Paraffin. I will be burning these hydrocarbons to heat up a beaker of water. Theory: Combustion is burning a fuel with oxygen to release energy. Combustion can only take place when a fuel, heat and oxygen are present. When we burn fuels we produce carbon dioxide + water. Most fuels are hydrocarbons, they contain hydrogen and carbon. Alkanes are a group of hydrocarbon molecules in which all the carbon and hydrogen atoms are only joined by single covalent bonds (eg C-H or C-C). Paraffin is an alkane. Alkanes burn in a plentiful supply of air to release energy (this is why they are used as fuels Alcohols are similar to alkanes. Ethanol is a member of the group of organic molecules called alcohols. Just as alkanes are identified as saturated hydrocarbons, so alcohols are identified by having...
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