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Sterno Lab Questions

1) What is the formula for calcium acetate?

2) What is the formula for ethanol?

3) What are the advantages of using this as a fuel for heating foods at catering events versus just
liquid ethanol?

4) What is the effect that NaCl has on the burning of the Sterno?

5) Does the Sterno burn more completely, less completely, or the same when NaCl is added? Place
an evaporating dish over the burning sterno to tell.

6) Would added salt provide any advantages? If so, what?

7) How else could people use this solid fuel (preferable to liquid ethanol)?