
Introduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry
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Chapter 11, Problem 11.51P
The heat of combustion of methane, a component of natural gas, is 212 kcal/mol. That of propane, a component of LP gas, is 530 kcal/mol. On a gram- for-gram basis, which hydrocarbon is the better source of heat energy?
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