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Heat of combustion question, plz help! D: (1 Viewer)

Jiggly_Puff

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'The molar heat of combustion of ethanol is 1,367 kj mol

Assuming 100% effeciency, approximately how much ethanol must be combusted to increase the temperature of 3 kg of water from 20 degrees celcius to boiling point?'

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deltaH= mC deltaT= 3000*4.18*80=1003200J=1003.2kJ
but the given value is 1367kJ/mol
therefore: 1003.2/mol=1367.....by rearranging
no. of moles of ethanol=0.733869787
mass of ethanol= .734 * 46.068=33.8g
 

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