Sustainable Energy
Sustainable Energy
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ISBN: 9781337551663
Author: DUNLAP, Richard A.
Publisher: Cengage,
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Chapter 1, Problem 2P

A simple way of looking at the energy associated with the combustion of methane [as shown in equation (1.15)] is to view the oxidation of the carbon by equation (1.13) and the oxidation of hydrogen by equation (1.19). Based on the energies involved in these processes, discuss the validity of this approach.

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