Combusion Of Candle Wax

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Heat Of Combustion Of Candle Wax Purpose: The purpose of this experiment was to determine the amount of heat that was released when a gram of candle wax burns. Materials and Equipment: Empty pop can Candle attached to a piece of cardboard Celsius thermometer Ring stand Iron ring Stirring rod 250mL beaker 100mL graduated cylinder Ice Data and Observations: Mass of pop can and water: 149.88 grams Mass of empty pop can: -14.05 grams Mass of water in pop can: 135.83 grams Mass of a candle stuck to a piece of cardboard: 31.77 grams Mass of candle and cardboard after candle burned: -31.01 grams Mass of candle burned: 0.76 grams Final temperature of water in pop can: 35.0 (C Initial temperature of water in pop can: -9.5 (C Change in temperature: 25.5 (C Calculations: q = m ( c ( (T q(# of cal. or joules absorbed by the water) = m(mass of water in grams) ( c(1 cal./1g 1(C) ( (T(change in temp. (C) c = 1.00 cal/g (C or c = 4.18 J/g (C Conclusions and Questions: 10. (a.) q = 135.83 g ( 1cal.( 25.5(C g ( C q(heat) = 3,463.7 cal. (b.) q = 135.83 g ( 4.18 J ( 25.5 (C g ( C q(heat) = 14,178.1 J 11. (a.) 3,463.7 cal. 0.76 g Heat of combustion of the candle = 4,557 cal./ gram of wax burned (b.) 14,178.1 J 0.76 g Heat of combustion of the candle = 18,655.4 J/ gram of wax burned 12. One source of error could be that some of the heat from the candle could have been released into the air and not absorbed by the can. Another source of error could be that the water could have not absorbed all the heat from the

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