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The Cost of Converting a Gasoline-Powered Vehicle to Propane. A Practical Review Problem for Senior High School or Introductory Chemistry
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This paper presents an interesting, practical exercise that is relevant to most students. It allows students to apply problem-solving skills and chemical principles such as writing balanced chemical equations, stoichiometry, the use of standard enthalpy of formation, and bond dissociation energies to determine the enthalpy of a chemical reaction.
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Three Forms of Energy
Sigthór PéturssonJournal of Chemical Education2003 80 (7), 776Three Forms of Energy
Sigthór PéturssonJournal of Chemical Education2003 80 (7), 776The paper, which is intended for students and teachers of general and physical chemistry, presents questions relating to thermal, mechanical, and gas expansion processes and works out the energy involved. The examples illustrate the physical meaning of ...
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- Received: August 03, 2009
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