Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical energetics

Chemical energetics — practice question

A student carries out an investigation using four different fuels. The fuels are tested one at a time to increase the temperature of $1\ \text{dm}^3$ of water from $20\degree\text{C}$ to $100\degree\text{C}$. In every case, the fuel burns completely. All the other conditions remain unchanged for each experiment. Which fuel would give the smallest amount of carbon dioxide in these experiments?

  • Aethanol, $1367\ \text{kJ mol}^{-1}$
  • Bmethane, $890\ \text{kJ mol}^{-1}$
  • Cmethanol, $715\ \text{kJ mol}^{-1}$
  • Dpropane, $2220\ \text{kJ mol}^{-1}$

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