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[6]Question 3 — Planning: comparing alcohols as fuels
Written only — describe how you would investigate which of three alcohols heats water fastest.
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Describe how to investigate which of three liquid alcohols — ethanol, propanol and butanol — heats the water in the boiling tube the fastest. You are provided with three spirit burners, samples of the three alcohols, water and common laboratory apparatus.