5 g sample of heptane (C7H16) is burned in a bomb calorimeter containing 1050 grams of water at an initial temperature of 24.1 °C. After the reaction, the final temperature of the water is 32.4 °C.   a) Calculate the amount of heat released by the reaction.    b) Calculate the heat of combustion of heptane in kJ/mole.    c) It is known that the heat of combustion for heptane is -4817 kJ/mole. Calculate the experimental error.

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  • 95 g sample of heptane (C7H16) is burned in a bomb calorimeter containing 1050 grams of water at an initial temperature of 24.1 °C. After the reaction, the final temperature of the water is 32.4 °C.

 

  1. a) Calculate the amount of heat released by the reaction. 

 

  1. b) Calculate the heat of combustion of heptane in kJ/mole. 

 

  1. c) It is known that the heat of combustion for heptane is -4817 kJ/mole. Calculate the experimental error. 

 

(The heat capacity of the calorimeter is 754 J/°C. The specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g °C.)

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