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Chapter 9 Problem 106E

Question

Calculate rxn for the combustion of octane (C8H18), a component of gasoline, by using average bond energies and then calculate it using enthalpies of formation from Appendix IIB . What is the percent difference between your results? Which result would you expect to be more accurate?

Solution

Solution 106 E Step 1 of 4 First, we have to consider what is the balanced chemical equation for the combustion of octane The reaction can be written by indicating the Lewis structures for the same reactants and products Thus we can see that at the end of this reaction 7 CC bonds, 18 CH bonds and 25/2 double bonds O=O are broken, while 18 OH bonds and 16 C=O bonds are formed.

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Title Chemistry: A Molecular Approach 3 
Author Nivaldo J. Tro
ISBN 9780321809247

Calculate for the combustion of octane (C8H18), a

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