The definition of a fuel, including the distinction between fossil fuels and biofuels with reference to origin and renewability (ability of a resource to be replaced by natural processes within a relatively short period of time)
Combustion of fuels as exothermic reactions with reference to the use of the joule as the SI unit of energy, energy transformations and their efficiencies and measurement of enthalpy change including symbol (∆H) and common units (kJ mol-1, kJ g-1, MJ/tonne)
The writing of balanced thermochemical equations, including states, for the complete and incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons, methanol and ethanol, using experimental data and data tables
The definition of gas pressure including units, the universal gas equation and standard laboratory conditions (SLC) at 25 °C and 100 kPa
Calculations related to the combustion of fuels including use of mass-mass, mass-volume and volume-volume stoichiometry in calculations of enthalpy change (excluding solution stoichiometry) to determine heat energy released, reactant and product amounts and net volume of greenhouse gases at a given temperature and pressure (or net mass) released per MJ of energy obtained
The use of specific heat capacity of water to determine the approximate amount of heat energy released in the combustion of a fuel.
Chapter 1. Fossil fuels and biofuels, pages 3 - 58
Problem Solving Exercises
Exercises 1.2 - 1.7
These will check your comprehension of specific topics
Exercise 1.8 Chapter Review, pages 47 - 58
These will check your ability to bring toegether the whole of the chapter content
Note: You may not need to do every problem to develop a good understanding, but you should do enough so that you are sufficiently challenged
Fossil fuels and biofuels presentation
Note: this was assigned through Google Classroom for you to complete the missing bits
Fuel combustion presentation
This is a supplement to Chapter 1.3
Thermochemical problem solutions
Note: This presentation goes through three different approaches to solving a thermochemical problem given as an example in Chapter 1.4.
Ideal gas law and thermochemistry problems and solutions
This presentation gives worked solutions with comments for problems handed out in class.
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