Combustion Of Alcohols Planning This investigation involves burning alcohol in the air. Key science- Chemistry by Eileen Ramsden says that " an alcohol is a series of organic, homologous compounds, with the general formula Cn H2n+1OH". The alcohol reacts with the oxygen in the air to form the products water and carbon dioxide: Cn H2n+1OH +(n+n/2)-1O2 ? nH2O + nCO2 The structure of the molecules in this reaction is: H …showed first 75 words of 2181 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2181 total…range of readings of many more alcohols, burn them for different periods of time, heat different substances other that water, investigate the other variables. I would also take many more readings so a that a much more accurate average could be taken. Other experiments could have been done investigating other organic compounds, such as hydrocarbons, to see if they behave similarly, and investigate them under different conditions, such as at extremes of temperature and pressure