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Problem: Which of the following gases would you expect to have the greater enthalpy of reaction per mole for combustion? Why?

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Consider the following:

  • The heat of reaction from combustion will come from the energy released from breaking the bonds in these molecules.
  • This means that the more bonds are broken, the higher the heat of reaction. 
  • So a molecule with the higher number of bonds would have a higher heat of combustion per mole.


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Which of the following gases would you expect to have the greater enthalpy of reaction per mole for combustion? Why?

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