Specific Heat Lab Report
Specific Heat Lab Report
“Here are the facts we confront; No one is against conservation. No one is against alternative fuel sources.” – J. D. Hayworth
Research Question:
Does the number of hydrocarbons that a fuel is composed of affect how much it will ignite? If so, consider the following: What is the quantity and concentration of the combustion that is released and how can that be measured in other (more coherent) means?
These are the fuels that were seasoned throughout the experiment: * Butanol (C4H10O) * Ethanol (C2H5OH) * Propanol (CH3CH2CH2OH) * Methanol (CH3OH) * Pentanol (C5H11OH)
Costs; they’re always a problem or a benefit. And when they are a problem, they must be dealt with accordingly. Fuel is a common problem associated with money, and unfortunately, it is almost compulsory for people to consume it just as much, if not even more than water. This is precisely why the public should consider other more efficient, abundant and cheaper fuels capable of giving off larger amounts of heat energy through combustion. To find out what fuel releases the most heat energy whereas the amount of fuel wasted is also accounted for; we could test a number of well-known fuels (provided by the school) and contemplate their bonding attributes and components which they are composed of (all fuels are compounds, so they are made up of number of hydrocarbons, thus bonds are customary during combustion).
The main emphasis of this experiment is to identify not only the energy potential emitted by the fuels in a given amount of time, but also to discover how and most importantly why every fuel releases the amount of energy that correspondingly. Of course in order to accomplish this test fairly, time, fire intensity, water (substance) levels will be considered once implemented into the equation.
Variables:
Independent Variable * The different fuels used in the experiment.
Dependent Variable * The combusted energy taken in by
“Here are the facts we confront; No one is against conservation. No one is against alternative fuel sources.” – J. D. Hayworth
Research Question:
Does the number of hydrocarbons that a fuel is composed of affect how much it will ignite? If so, consider the following: What is the quantity and concentration of the combustion that is released and how can that be measured in other (more coherent) means?
These are the fuels that were seasoned throughout the experiment: * Butanol (C4H10O) * Ethanol (C2H5OH) * Propanol (CH3CH2CH2OH) * Methanol (CH3OH) * Pentanol (C5H11OH)
Costs; they’re always a problem or a benefit. And when they are a problem, they must be dealt with accordingly. Fuel is a common problem associated with money, and unfortunately, it is almost compulsory for people to consume it just as much, if not even more than water. This is precisely why the public should consider other more efficient, abundant and cheaper fuels capable of giving off larger amounts of heat energy through combustion. To find out what fuel releases the most heat energy whereas the amount of fuel wasted is also accounted for; we could test a number of well-known fuels (provided by the school) and contemplate their bonding attributes and components which they are composed of (all fuels are compounds, so they are made up of number of hydrocarbons, thus bonds are customary during combustion).
The main emphasis of this experiment is to identify not only the energy potential emitted by the fuels in a given amount of time, but also to discover how and most importantly why every fuel releases the amount of energy that correspondingly. Of course in order to accomplish this test fairly, time, fire intensity, water (substance) levels will be considered once implemented into the equation.
Variables:
Independent Variable * The different fuels used in the experiment.
Dependent Variable * The combusted energy taken in by
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