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)?
