Mothballs are composed primarily of the hydrocarbon naphthalene
(C10H8). When 1.025 g of naphthalene burns in a bomb
calorimeter,
the temperature rises from 24.25 °C to 32.33 °C. Find
ΔErxn for the combustion of naphthalene. The heat capacity of
the bomb calorimeter, determined in a separate experiment, is
5.11 kJ/°C.
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