Questions:

1. Is a combustion reaction exothermic or endothermic? Explain your answer.

- Combustion reaction is an exothermic. By simply observing it, it gives off heat to a
substance or to the surroundings.

2. Why is combustion important to life?

- Combustion reaction plays an important role in our lives. It helps in making difficult
things possible like cooking for a meal, keeping warm when it's winter, and driving a
car. Our lives would be much different if without the existence of combustion.

3. Based on the plotted graph, what relationship can be drawn between the number of
carbon atoms and their standard enthalpies of combustion?
- The number of carbon atoms is inversely proportional to the standard enthalpy of
combustion. As the number of carbon atoms increases, its standard enthalpy of
combustion decreases.

4. Give 5 types of combustion and define each type.

a. Burning wood- the carbon in wood combine with oxygen and then generates heat and
light b. Lightning a match - when a match is struck, friction heats the head of the match
to a temperature where the chemicals react and generates heat which goes into the air,
and together a flame is produced
c. Burning coal - coal transforms from a solid element to a vapor during the process
d. Fireworks - when the firework or the sparkler is lit, heated chemicals react with
oxygen in the atmosphere which produces heat and light
e. Gasoline in cars - the carbon from the fuel combines with the oxygen from the air to
produce carbon dioxide

5. Give 5 examples of combustion in everyday life and explain.

a. Complete Combustion – a combustion in which there is enough oxygen
b. Incomplete Combustion – combustion with less or non-oxygen present in the reaction
c. Rapid Combustion – this can also be known as fire. This reaction produces large
amounts of heat and light.
d. Spontaneous Combustion – a combustion reaction that ignites itself when conditions
are met.
e. Turbulent combustion – combustion reacts that involves turbulence; helps mixing
fuels and oxidizer in a process.

6. A 1.55-gram sample of pentanol, C5H11OH is turned and produced a temperature

increase of 55°C in 200 g of water. Calculate the heat of combustion of pentanol.
- 2 610.48 kJ