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Molar Heat of Combustion - just clarifying (1 Viewer)

teeah

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Just wanted to make sure that I have cone this correctly:

Heated 0.142g of ethanol, temp increase = 10DC, mass of water = 100

Calculate heat of combustion per mole:

deltaH = -mCdeltaT
= -100 x 4.18 x 10
= -4180J
n(C2H5OH) = m/mm
= 0.142/12.01x2+1.008x6+16 = 71/23034
-4180/71/23034 = 1356.09kJ/g (exothermic)

Per gram:
-4180/0.142 = 29.44kJ/mol (exothermic)

..the second one seems wrong?
 
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golgo13

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y not make it more simplier and just do, molar mass/ the mass u used
Then times that value by delta h to get molar heat of combustion?
 

golgo13

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Nope u did, mass/ molar mass = moles
and then u did (energy vaule)/ moles, gives u the same answer, but i just find it a lot harder to follow LOL
But both will work, and the answer u provided is correct
enjoy :)
 

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