Chemistry
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ISBN: 9780321813732
Author: Tro, Nivaldo J.
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Chapter 6, Problem 6SAQ
Q6. When a 3.80-g sample of liquid octane (C8H18) is burned in a bomb calorimeter, the temperature of the calorimeter rises by 27.3 °C. The heat capacity of the calorimeter, measured in a separate experiment, is 6.18 kJ/°C. Determine theenthalpy of combustion for octane combustion in units of kJ/mol octane.
a) –5.07 × 103 kJ/mol
b) 5.07 × 103 kJ/mol
c) –44.4 × 103 kJ/mol
d) –16.7 × 103 kJ/mol
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