Scientists are often interested in knowing the molar heat of combustion – the heat released during the combustion of one mole of a substance. use the periodic table to find molar masses. how many moles of ethanol are present in the sample?

in 1783 cavendish was working with his hydrogen gas and found that when he burned it and condensed the vapor it was water. this was very significant since it disproved the greek theory of elements completely since water was not a simple substance but the product of two gases. it was lavoisier who hearing of the experiment gave cavendish's gas the name hydrogen ("water-producer") and added that hydrogen burned by combining with oxygen and that water was a hydrogen-oxygen combination.

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