Prelab for Experiment 11 Comparison of the Energy Content of Fuels

Name ___________________________

Partner __________________________

1. Which kind of fuel, alcohols or hydrocarbons, can be thought of as having already partially reacted with oxygen?

2. One calorie of heat is enough energy to raise the temperature of how much water by 1EC?

3. What shorthand notation means Achange of temperature.@

4. How will you calculate the mass of fuel burned in one run of this experiment?

5. Which item, the can of water or the fuel burner, should be weighed to the higher level of accuracy?