... copper can for this experiment 4. Stopwatch 5. 100cm3 measuring cylinder 6. Electric balance 7. Heat mat and safety goggles Diagram: Method: I set up the apparatus as show in the diagram * I measured out 100cm3 of water with a measuring cylinder and poured this into the tin and put the thermometer in too * I noted down the temperature of the water before I started the experiment and also the mass of the alcohol burner * I then set up the beaker in the boss head making sure that each alcohol burner was 5cm away from the beaker at all times. * I wanted to measure how much the temperature of the water rose over a period of 2 minutes so I heated the water for that amount of time * I then took the temperature after 2 minutes and also reweighed the alcohol burner * I did this experiment 5 times with methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol and pentanol * I ...

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