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ChemistryChemistry: Principles and ReactionsNatural gas companies in the United States use the "therm" as a unit of energy. One therm is 1 × 10 5 BTU. (a) How many joules are in one therm? ( 1 J = 9.48 × 10 − 4 BTU ) (b) When propane gas, C 3 H 8 , is burned in oxygen, CO 2 and steam are produced. How many therms of energy are given off by 1.00 mol of propane gas?

Natural gas companies in the United States use the "therm" as a unit of energy. One therm is 1 × 10 5 BTU. (a) How many joules are in one therm? ( 1 J = 9.48 × 10 − 4 BTU ) (b) When propane gas, C 3 H 8 , is burned in oxygen, CO 2 and steam are produced. How many therms of energy are given off by 1.00 mol of propane gas?

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Natural gas companies in the United States use the "therm" as a unit of energy. One therm is 1 × 10 5 BTU.

(a) How many joules are in one therm? ( 1   J = 9.48 × 10 − 4 BTU )

(b) When propane gas, C3H8, is burned in oxygen, CO2 and steam are produced. How many therms of energy are given off by 1.00 mol of propane gas?

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