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Teaching About Energy: Energy from Chemical Fuels
written by John Roeder
This student activity is designed to explore the energy that can be provided by burning fuels. The heat provided from paraffin or diethylene glycol is measured using the temperature change of water. The concept of the specific heat of water is used to determine the results. Included are notes for instructors wishing to use this material.

This activity is part of a PTRA manual on Energy.
Book Title: Teaching about Energy
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Work and Energy
General Physics
- Collections
Thermo & Stat Mech
- First Law
- Thermal Properties of Matter
- High School
- Middle School
- Instructional Material
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© 2003 AAPT
Keywords:
Burning fuels, Thermal energy, burn, chemical energy, combustion, specific heat, thermal transfer
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Metadata instance created January 17, 2006 by Bruce Mason
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October 25, 2011 by Caroline Hall
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