Study Guide for Chemistry: The Central Science
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Author: Theodore E. Brown, James C. Hill
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Chapter 5, Problem 90E
The automobile fuel called E85 consists of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. E85 can be used in the so-called flex-fuel vehicles ( FFVs), which can use gasoline, ethanol, or a mix as fuels. Assume that gasoline consists of a mixture of octanes (different isomers of C8 H18), that the average heat of combustion of C8 H18 is 5400 kJ/mol, and that gasoline has an average density of 0.70 g/mL. The density of ethanol is 0.79 g/mL.
(a) By using the information given as well as data in Appendix C, compare the energy produced by combustion of 1.0 L of gasoline and of 1.0 L of ethanol (b) Assume that the density and heat of combustion of E85 can be obtained by using 85% of the values for ethanol and 15% of the values for gasoline. How much energy could be released the combustion of 1.0 L of E85? (c) How many gallons of E85 would be needed to provide the same energy as 10 gal of gasoline? (d) If gasoline costs $3.88 per gallon in the United States, what is the break-even price per gallon of E85 if the same amount of energy is to be delivered?
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Study Guide for Chemistry: The Central Science
Ch. 5.2 - Prob. 5.1.1PECh. 5.2 - Prob. 5.1.2PECh. 5.3 - Prob. 5.2.1PECh. 5.3 - Prob. 5.2.2PECh. 5.3 - Prob. 5.3.1PECh. 5.3 - Prob. 5.3.2PECh. 5.4 - Prob. 5.4.1PECh. 5.4 - Prob. 5.4.2PECh. 5.5 - Prob. 5.5.1PECh. 5.5 - Prob. 5.5.2PE
Ch. 5.5 - Practice Exercise 1 Suppose you have equal masses...Ch. 5.5 - Prob. 5.6.2PECh. 5.5 - Prob. 5.7.1PECh. 5.5 - Prob. 5.7.2PECh. 5.6 - Prob. 5.8.1PECh. 5.6 - Prob. 5.8.2PECh. 5.6 - Prob. 5.9.1PECh. 5.6 - Prob. 5.9.2PECh. 5.7 - Prob. 5.10.1PECh. 5.7 - Prob. 5.10.2PECh. 5.7 - Prob. 5.11.1PECh. 5.7 - Prob. 5.11.2PECh. 5.7 - Prob. 5.12.1PECh. 5.7 - Practice Exercise 2 Use Table 5.3 to calculate the...Ch. 5.8 - Prob. 5.13.1PECh. 5.8 - Practice Exercise 2 Given the following standard...Ch. 5.8 - Prob. 5.14.1PECh. 5.8 - Prob. 5.14.2PECh. 5 - Prob. 1DECh. 5 - Prob. 1ECh. 5 - Prob. 2ECh. 5 - Prob. 3ECh. 5 - Practice Exercise 2
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Which of the following...Ch. 5 - Prob. 51ECh. 5 - Prob. 52ECh. 5 - Prob. 53ECh. 5 - Prob. 54ECh. 5 - Prob. 55ECh. 5 - Prob. 56ECh. 5 - Prob. 57ECh. 5 - Prob. 58ECh. 5 - Prob. 59ECh. 5 - Prob. 60ECh. 5 - What is the connection between Hess’s law and the...Ch. 5 - Prob. 62ECh. 5 - 20.2 You may have heard that “antioxidants” are...Ch. 5 - Prob. 64ECh. 5 - Prob. 65ECh. 5 - Prob. 66ECh. 5 - Prob. 67ECh. 5 - Prob. 68ECh. 5 - Prob. 69ECh. 5 - Prob. 70ECh. 5 - Prob. 71ECh. 5 - Prob. 72ECh. 5 - 20.13
What is meant by the term oxidation?
On...Ch. 5 - Prob. 74ECh. 5 - Prob. 75ECh. 5 - Prob. 76ECh. 5 - Prob. 77ECh. 5 - Prob. 78ECh. 5 - Prob. 79ECh. 5 - Prob. 80ECh. 5 - Prob. 81ECh. 5 - Prob. 82ECh. 5 - Prob. 83ECh. 5 - Prob. 84ECh. 5 - Prob. 85ECh. 5 - The heat of combustion of ethanol, C2H5OH(l) is...Ch. 5 - Prob. 87ECh. 5 - Prob. 88ECh. 5 - Prob. 89ECh. 5 - The automobile fuel called E85 consists of 85%...Ch. 5 - Prob. 91AECh. 5 - Prob. 92AECh. 5 - Prob. 93AECh. 5 - Prob. 94AECh. 5 - 5.95 Consider a system consisting of the following...Ch. 5 - A sample of gas is contained in a...Ch. 5 - Prob. 97AECh. 5 - Prob. 98AECh. 5 - A house is designed to have passive solar energy...Ch. 5 - Prob. 100AECh. 5 - Prob. 101AECh. 5 - Prob. 102AECh. 5 - Burning methane in oxygen can produce three...Ch. 5 - Prob. 104AECh. 5 - Prob. 105AECh. 5 - The hydrocarbons acetylene (C2H2) and benzene...Ch. 5 - Prob. 107AECh. 5 - Three common hydrocarbons that contain four...Ch. 5 - Prob. 109AECh. 5 - The Sun supplies about 1.0 kilowatt of energy for...Ch. 5 - It is estimated that the net amount of carbon...Ch. 5 - Prob. 112IECh. 5 - Prob. 113IECh. 5 - Prob. 114IECh. 5 - Prob. 115IECh. 5 - Prob. 116IECh. 5 - Prob. 117IECh. 5 - The methane molecule, CH4, has the geometry shown...Ch. 5 - Prob. 119IE
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