Ethanol, C₂H6 O, is most often blended with gasoline - usually as a 10 percent mix - to create a fuel called gasohol. Ethanol is a renewable resource and ethanol-blended fuels, like gasohol, appear to burn more efficiently in combustion engines. The combustion of one mole of ethanol releases 326.7 kcal of energy. The combustion of one mole of octane, C8 H18, releases 1.308 × 10³ kcal of energy. How much energy is released during the complete combustion of 460. grams of octane? kcal Assuming the same efficiency, would 460. grams of ethanol provide more, less, or the same amount of energy as 460. grams of octane? ✓ more less the same amount Retry Entire Group 8 more group attempts remaining
Thermochemistry
Thermochemistry can be considered as a branch of thermodynamics that deals with the connections between warmth, work, and various types of energy, formed because of different synthetic and actual cycles. Thermochemistry describes the energy changes that occur as a result of reactions or chemical changes in a substance.
Exergonic Reaction
The term exergonic is derived from the Greek word in which ‘ergon’ means work and exergonic means ‘work outside’. Exergonic reactions releases work energy. Exergonic reactions are different from exothermic reactions, the one that releases only heat energy during the course of the reaction. So, exothermic reaction is one type of exergonic reaction. Exergonic reaction releases work energy in different forms like heat, light or sound. For example, a glow stick releases light making that an exergonic reaction and not an exothermic reaction since no heat is released. Even endothermic reactions at very high temperature are exergonic.
![Ethanol, C₂H₆O, is most often blended with gasoline—usually as a 10 percent mix—to create a fuel called gasohol. Ethanol is a renewable resource, and ethanol-blended fuels, like gasohol, appear to burn more efficiently in combustion engines. The combustion of one mole of ethanol releases 326.7 kcal of energy.
The combustion of one mole of octane, C₈H₁₈, releases 1.308 × 10³ kcal of energy. How much energy is released during the complete combustion of 460 grams of octane?
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Assuming the same efficiency, would 460 grams of ethanol provide more, less, or the same amount of energy as 460 grams of octane?
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