Name: tisoy ng davao.

Date: August 5, 2021

Course: BS in Civil Engineering Class Schedule: Friday (3 PM – 5 PM)

Report Sheet for Experiment 3:

Heat of Combustion

I. Objectives of the experiment:

1.) To determine alcohol serves as a good fuel.

2.) To identify any relationship between the energy released by one alcohol and another alcohol.

3.) To establish a relationship between the number of carbon atoms and the enthalpy of combustion in different
alcohols.

Data Table for Heat of Combustion:

Volume of Water Used = 120 grams
Mass of Water Used = 120 mL
Specific Heat of Water = 4.184 J/g°C
Complete the table below. Make sure to indicate correct units.

methanol ethanol propanol butanol pentanol

Molar Mass 32g/mol 46g/mol 60g/mol 74g/mol 88g/mol
# of C atoms 1 2 3 4 5
Mass(g)of burner
184.37g 193.83g 228.56g 222.12g 215.68g
+ lid (before)
Mass (g) of burner
183.72g 193.34g 228.14g 221.69g 215.34g
+ lid (after)
Mass of 0.65g or 0.49g or 0.42g or 0.43g or 0.34g or
alcohol burnt (g) 2.03x10^-2 mol 1.06x10^-2mol 7x10^-3mol 5.81x10^-3mol 3.86x10^-3mol
Initial
25.5deg C 26deg C 25deg C 25deg C 25deg C
Temperature °C
Final
34deg C 35.5deg C 35deg C 35.5deg C 34.5deg C
Temperature °C
Temperature °C
8.5deg C 9.5deg C 10deg C 10.5deg C 9.5deg C
change,ΔT
q combustion -4.267 kJ or
-4.77 kJ -5.02 kJ -5.27 kJ -4.77 kJ
-4.27kJ
ΔH combustion
-210 kJ/mol -448 kJ/mol -717 kJ/mol -907 kJ/mol -1240 kJ/mol

Make a graph and plot the ΔH combustion data; # of carbons of alcohol as x-‐coordinate and ΔH combustion as y--
‐coordinate.

Show calculations for q combustion and #H combustion.

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1.) Show calculations for q combustion and #H combustion

Methanol:
q combustion = mCΔT
= -(120g) (4.184 J/g°C) (8.5°C)
= -4267.68 J
= -4.27 kJ

qcombustion
ΔH combustion = m methanol burned
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Molar mass ¿¿
= - 4.28 kJ / 0.0203125mol
= -210.24 kj/mol
= -210.2 kJ/mol

Ethanol:
q combustion = mCΔT
= -(120g) (4.184 J/g°C) (9.5°C)
= -4769.76 J
= -4.77 kJ

qcombustion
ΔH combustion = m methanol burned
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Molar mass ¿¿
= - 4.77 kJ / 0.01065217391mol
= -448 kJ/mol

Propanol:
q combustion = mCΔT
= -(120g) (4.184 J/g°C) (10°C)
= -5020.8 J
= -5.02 kJ

qcombustion
ΔH combustion = m methanol burned
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Molar mass ¿¿
= - 5.02 kJ / 7x10^-3mol
= -717 kJ/mol

Butanol:
q combustion = mCΔT
= -(120g) (4.184 J/g°C) (10.5°C)
=- 5271.84 J
= -5.27 kJ

qcombustion
ΔH combustion = m methanol burned
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Molar mass ¿¿
= - 5.27 kJ / 5.81x10^-3mol
= -907 kJ/mol

Pentanol:
q combustion = mCΔT
= -(120g) (4.184 J/g°C) (9.5°C)
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= -4769.76 J
= -4.77 kJ

qcombustion
ΔH combustion = m methanol burned
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Molar mass ¿¿
= - 4.77 kJ / 3.86x10^-3mol
= 1235.7 kj/mol
= -1236 kJ/mol

2.) Using excel, make a graph and plot the ΔH combustion data; # of carbons of alcohol as x-‐coordinate and
ΔH combustion as y-‐coordinate.
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3.) Compare the heat of combustion of the alcohols. Rank the heat of combustion of the different alcohol in
increasing order.
In this experiment we are tasked to compute the heat combustion of 5 different alcohols. These are the
alcohols and its heat combustion: Pentanol has -1236 kJ/mol,Butanol has -907 kJ/mol,Propanol has 717
kJ/mol,Ethanol has -448 kJ/mol, Methanol has -210.2 kJ/mol. As you can see pentanol has the highest heat
combustion and methanol has the lowest heat of combustion.

4.) Examine the plot for the heat of combustion data. Is there a direct relationship between heat of
combustion and number of carbon atoms? Explain.

The enthalpy of combustion will grow as the number of carbon atoms increases. The discrepancy
between the amount of energy required to break bonds and the amount released when new bonds are
formed causes enthalpy variations.

Conclusion:
We conclude that pentanol is the greatest because it has better fuel qualities than methanol, ethanol, and even butanol,
such as higher energy density, better blending stability, and less hygroscopic nature.