Heat of Combustion

One way to compare the combustion reactions of cellulose and its derivatives is to calculate the amount of heat released by the reactions. This activity will guide you through the calculations (they're really not that hard but we'll help you with the first one anyway).

The first thing that you need to do is to calculate the heat of combustion for each material. What's the heat of combustion you ask?

Well,... continue here and find out!