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    This laboratory report details an experiment to determine the heat of combustion of gasoline using bomb calorimetry. The experiment involves burning a sample of gasoline in a bomb calorimeter surrounded by water and measuring the temperature change to calculate the heat released. The heat absorbed by the water and calorimeter are calculated, as well as the total heat released by the gasoline sample. The heat of combustion per mole of gasoline is then calculated and found to be 174.44 kJ/mole. The conclusions indicate the experiment was successful in determining the heat of combustion despite some experimental error.

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    This laboratory report details an experiment to determine the heat of combustion of gasoline using bomb calorimetry. The experiment involves burning a sample of gasoline in a bomb calorimeter surrounded by water and measuring the temperature change to calculate the heat released. The heat absorbed by the water and calorimeter are calculated, as well as the total heat released by the gasoline sample. The heat of combustion per mole of gasoline is then calculated and found to be 174.44 kJ/mole. The conclusions indicate the experiment was successful in determining the heat of combustion despite some experimental error.

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    This laboratory report details an experiment to determine the heat of combustion of gasoline using bomb calorimetry. The experiment involves burning a sample of gasoline in a bomb calorimeter surrounded by water and measuring the temperature change to calculate the heat released. The heat absorbed by the water and calorimeter are calculated, as well as the total heat released by the gasoline sample. The heat of combustion per mole of gasoline is then calculated and found to be 174.44 kJ/mole. The conclusions indicate the experiment was successful in determining the heat of combustion despite some experimental error.

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    Chemistry for Engineers

    LABORATORY REPORT 2
    “HEAT OF COMBUSTION”

    (CONSTANT-VOLUME CALORIMETRY)

    DATE OF PERFORMANCE: SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

    DATE OF SUBMISSION: SEPTEMBER 29, 2021


    I. Objectives:

     Apply the principle that heat absorbed equals heat gained on the determination of the heat of
    combustion of gasoline;
     To determine the heat of combustion of gasoline using the Bomb Calorimeter.

    II. Theories and Principles:

     Fuel is any material or substance that can be burnt to produce heat. The energy is being in used
    in our everyday work tasks. Meaning, without enough fuel, useful cannot be able to accomplish
    successfully. Like our body, we need fuel in the form of food to do our tasks everyday.The
    main source of our fuel is the fossil fuel. Fossil fuel is the fuel coming from remained of plants
    and animals which had been converted into crude oil million years ago far away beneath the
    earth. There are three types of fossil fuels which can all be used for energy provision; coal, oil,
    and natural gas. Examples are: Gasoline, Diesel, Natural Gas, Methanol and Ethanol,
    Hydrogen, and Biodiesel (from vegetable oil like glycerol).

    III. Materials / Apparatus:

     Ignition wires
     Motor
     Stirrer
     Thermometer
     Bomb Calorimeter
     Sample to burn (Benzoic acid)
     Water

    ALLIAH AZEN DE VERA MECATE 1


    IV. Set up of the apparatus:

    V. Simple Procedures:

    Flush the bomb, out


    Put the sample inside with pure oxygen gas to Turn the voltage
    the bomb get rid of all the air and source on.
    replace it with oxygen.

    When the temperature As soon you turn the


    Use the thermometer rise the stirrer is going voltage source on, the
    to record the to stir the water to warm sample will ignite and it
    temperature change. the water in a uniform will burn completely
    way .

    ALLIAH AZEN DE VERA MECATE 2


    VI. Data and Computation:

    Given: 20g gasoline (Iso-Octane, C8H18 ) is burned in a Bomb calorimeter containing 650g H2 O at t1 = 25o C.
    After burning the fuel the final temperature t2= 35o C. The specific heat capacity, Cp of water is 4.184J/go C
    and the heat capacity of the calorimeter is 420J/o C.

    Calculate:

    a. Heat absorbed by water, qwater

    b. The heat absorbed by the calorimeter, qcal.

    c. The total heat released by the fuel (heat of combustion), qfuel

    d. Heat of combustion per mole of the fuel in KJ/mole of fuel

    Solution:

    - qfuel = qwater + qcal.

    - qfuel = mCp water Δt + Ccal Δt

    For:

    a) qwater = 650(4.184) (35 - 25) = 27,196J


    b) qcal = 420(35 - 25) = 4200J
    c) qfuel = 27,196 + 4200 = 31,396J = 31.40KJ

    Molecular weight, MW of gasoline (Iso-Octane, C8H18) is 114g/mole

    Mole of gasoline = 20g114g/mole20g114g/mole = 0.18mole

    d) Heat of combustion per mole of fuel = 31.40KJ/ 0.18mole = 174.44KJ/mole

    ALLIAH AZEN DE VERA MECATE 3


    VII. Conclusion:

     Benzoic acid was used as a standard to determine the calorimeter constant of the bomb
    calorimeter used in this experiment. The calorimeter constant was found to be 8.73 kJ/◦C.
    The heat of combustion of sucrose was determined to be -4599 ± 257.9 kJ/mol.
    Comparison of our result to the literature value of -5643.4 ± 1.8 kJ/mol results in an error
    of 18.50%. This difference is most likely due to the multiple sources of error described in
    the discussion section. We can conclude that the use of bomb calorimetry to determine the
    heat of combustion of sucrose was successful despite moderate experimental error.

    VIII. Answers to Questions/ Problems:

     In order to calculate the amount of heat that is absorb by the calorimeter, once you burn the
    sample you need to known both the temperature change and the heat capacity of the
    calorimeter itself.
     We also need to know what is the amount of heat the water to known the total heat released
    by the fuel.

    ALLIAH AZEN DE VERA MECATE 4

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