Complete question:
A spirit burner used 1.00 g methanol to raise the temperature of 100.0 g water in a metal can from 28.00C to 58.0C. Calculate the heat of combustion of methanol in kJ/mol.
Answer:
the heat of combustion of the methanol is 402.31 kJ/mol
Explanation:
Given;
mass of water, = 100 g
initial temperature of water, t₁ = 28 ⁰C
final temperature of water, t₂ = 58 ⁰C
specific heat capacity of water = 4.184 J/g⁰C
reacting mass of the methanol, m = 1.00 g
molecular mass of methanol = 32.04 g/mol
number of moles = 1 / 32.04
= 0.0312 mol
Apply the principle of conservation of energy;
Therefore, the heat of combustion of the methanol is 402.31 kJ/mol