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heat of combustion
A chemical engineer studying the properties of fuels placed 1.950 g of a hydrocarbon in the bomb of a calorimeter and filled it with O2 gas. The bomb was immersed in 2.643 L water and the reaction initiated. The water temperature rose from 19.46°C to 27.39°C. If the calorimeter (excluding the water) had a heat capacity of 465 J/K, what was the heat of combustion of the fuel?
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