The heat of combustion of octane, C8H18 , can be measured in a way similar to the method you used to measure the heat of neutralization. The bomb calorimeter is used instead of a coffee cup. The reaction is 2C8H18 (l) + 25 O2 (g) -> 16 CO2(g) + 18 H2O (l) When 1.02 g of octane was burned in a bomb calorimeter, the temperature of 1.00 kg of water was raised from 22.0 C to 35.3 C. The specific heat of water is 4.184. How many moles of octane were burned? What is the heat of combustion (change in enthalpy) of octane in kilojoules per mole?

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The heat of combustion of octane, C8H18 , can be measured in a way similar to the method you used to measure the heat of neutralization. The bomb calorimeter is used instead of a coffee cup. The reaction is

2C8H18 (l) + 25 O2 (g) -> 16 CO2(g) + 18 H2O (l)

When 1.02 g of octane was burned in a bomb calorimeter, the temperature of 1.00 kg of water was raised from 22.0 C to 35.3 C. The specific heat of water is 4.184. How many moles of octane were burned? What is the heat of combustion (change in enthalpy) of octane in kilojoules per mole?

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