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... atoms, as you could tell this by the name (i.e. ethanol has two carbon atoms, octane has eight carbon atoms and so forth). As I thought it would be good and also fair to pick a selection with a pattern of carbon atoms, which all have an even amount of carbon atoms, therefore I chose - Fuel No. Of Carbon Atoms Chemical Formula Diagram Of Molecules Ethanol 2 C2H5OH Butanol 4 C4H9OH Hexanol 6 C6H14OH Octanol 8 C8H18OH What I am about to do is, test each of these fuels for which one contains the most energy, and which will produce the largest energy transfer to water. I will do this by making the main factor initial and final masses of all four of the fuels. I will need this for the final formula. After this, I will heat the water. I will take the initial and final temperature of the water. I am to heat the water until we reach a 20?C rise in temperature. We ...
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