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Investigation into the production and conversion of energy.
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... Investigation into the production and conversion of energy Aim: Investigate a range of fuels and find out how much energy each one releases when it burns? I will use spirit burners with the compounds Methanol, Ethanol, Propanol and Butanol to heat water to find out how much energy was released. Research: The fuels I will burn are all hydrocarbons. When the fuels I chose burn, oxygen will be added to the substance. Below is one of the reactions I hope to create: This reaction will also release heat as a form of energy. In my experiment I hope to achieve complete combustion with a blue flame. If the combustion is incomplete not enough oxygen will be getting to the hydrocarbon fuel and it won't be burning fully and therefore it will produce a smoky yellow flame. The reaction would then also produce carbon and carbon monoxide as seen below. The fuels are alkanes, which














