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To investigate the combustion of alcohols.
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To investigate the combustion of alcohols Planning I am going to investigate what happens when I burn specific alcohols. Alcohols are a series of related organic molecules of a homologous series, where each member varies from another by having a different number of carbon and hydrogen molecules. The general formula of an alcohol is: CnH2n+1OH, where n is the number of Carbon atoms. The first in the series has n=1 end the second has n=2 and so on. The similarities in molecular structure make alcohols have physically and chemically similar properties. Which change up the series because of the additional atoms. The table below shows a general increase in melting points and boiling points as the number of carbon atoms increases (from advanced chemistry) Name Molecular Formula Structural Formula Melting Point Boiling Point Methanol CH3OH ? ? Ethanol C2H5OH -117 78 (Propan-1-ol) C3H7OH -126 97 (Butan-1-ol) C4H9OH -90 117 The names like propan-1-ol refer to the position of the -OH group...
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