Explain the combustion of naphthalene


Mothballs are composed primarily of the hydrocarbon naphthalene (C10H8). When 1.025 g of naphthalene is burned in a bomb calorimeter, the temperature rises from 24.25 C to 32.33 C. Find ΔErxn for the combustion of naphthalene. The heat capacity of the calorimeter, determined in a separate experiment, is 5.11 kJ/C.

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Chemistry: Explain the combustion of naphthalene
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