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Kerosene, a common space-heater fuel, is a mixture of hydrocarbons whose average formula is C12H26. (a) Determine the...

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Kerosene, a common space-heater fuel, is a mixture ofhydrocarbons whose average formula is

C12H26.


(a) Determine the balanced equation, using the simplestwhole-number coefficients, for the complete combustion of keroseneto gases. Include physical states of each reactant andproduct.

(b) If ΔH = −1.50 ×104 kJ for the combustion equation aswritten in part (a), determineΔH of kerosene.

(c) Calculate the heat produced by the combustionof 0.83 gal of kerosene (dof kerosene = 0.749 g/mL).

(d) How many gallons of kerosene must be burned for akerosene furnace to produce 1,204 Btu(1 Btu = 1.055kJ)?

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