1.922 g methanol (CH3OH) was burned in a constant-volume bomb calorimeter. Consequently, the temperature of the water rose by 4.20 °C. If the quantity of water surrounding the calorimeter was exactly 2000 g and the heat capacity of the calorimeter was 2.02 kJ°C-1 , calculate the molar heat of combustion of methanol. Assume the specific heat capacity of CH3OH is 4.184 Jg-1°C-1 . (Relative atomic mass of C=12; 0=16; H=
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Exergonic Reaction
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1.922 g methanol (CH3OH) was burned in a constant-volume bomb calorimeter.
Consequently, the temperature of the water rose by 4.20 °C. If the quantity of
water surrounding the calorimeter was exactly 2000 g and the heat capacity of the
calorimeter was 2.02 kJ°C-1
, calculate the molar heat of combustion of methanol.
Assume the specific heat capacity of CH3OH is 4.184 Jg-1°C-1
. (Relative
of C=12; 0=16; H=1)
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