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Ethanol is increasingly being used as a fuel for cars.

The standard enthalpy change of formation of carbon dioxide is -393 kJmol.
The standard enthalpy change of formation of water is --286 kJmol.
The standard enthalpy change of formation of ethanol is -277 kJmol.
What is the standard enthalpy change of combustion of ethanol?​

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Answer:

-522.5

Step-by-step explanation:

because for the formula i found that.

User DaveShaw
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Answer:

= -522.5\,\, kJmol^{-1}

Step-by-step explanation:

Firstly, we know that 0.36 g of ethanol burned, so we can convert this into a number of moles.

Using a formula triangle to calculate the number of moles of ethanol in a 0.36 gram sample

Secondly, we can use \Delta H=cm\Delta T to calculate the enthalpy change in the experiment described in the question (ie when 0.008 moles of ethanol is burned).

\Delta H=cm\Delta T = 4.18 x 0.2 x 5

= 4.18 kJ

Lastly, we can use the enthalpy change for the experiment in the question to calculate the enthalpy of combustion (ie when one mole of ethanol is burned).

0.008\,\,moles\,\,ethanol = 4.18kJ

1\,\,mole\,\,ethanol = \frac{1}{0.008} \times 4.18

= -522.5\,\, kJmol^{-1}

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