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Author: DUNLAP, Richard A.
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Chapter 3, Problem 11P

The combustion of pure hydrogen by the reaction

2 H 2 + O 2 2 H 2 O

produces 142 MJ per kg of hydrogen. Compare the energy per kg of octane and the total energy from the individual combustion of its carbon and hydrogen atoms.

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