JCE 2000 (77) 1578 [Dec] The Cost of Converting a Gasoline-Powered Vehicle to Propane. A Practical Review Problem for Senior High School or Introductory Chemistry


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Chemistry for Everyone

The Cost of Converting a Gasoline-Powered Vehicle to Propane. A Practical Review Problem for Senior High School or Introductory Chemistry

Michael P. Jansen
Crescent School, 2365 Bayview Avenue, Willowdale, ON M2L 1A2, Canada

December 2000
Vol. 77 No. 12
p. 1578

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Abstract

This paper presents an interesting, practical exercise that is relevant to most students. It allows students to apply problem-solving skills and chemical principles such as writing balanced chemical equations, stoichiometry, the use of standard enthalpy of formation, and bond dissociation energies to determine the enthalpy of a chemical reaction.

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Citation	Jansen, Michael P. J. Chem. Educ. 2000 77 1578.
Keywords	General Chemistry; Introductory / High School Chemistry; Stoichiometry; Thermodynamics
History	Created: Last Updated:	November 3, 2000 April 15, 2005


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