While backpacking in the wilderness backpackers often boil


While backpacking in the wilderness backpackers often boil water to sterilize it for drinking. Assume you are planning and need to boil 30 L of water for your group. Explain what volume of the fuel should you bring? Presume the following the fuel has an average formula of C7H16; 15% of the heat generated from combustion goes to heat the water (the rest is lost to the surroundings), the density of the fuel is .78g/ml, the initial temperature of the water is 25 degrees C; the standard enthalpy of formation of C7H16 is -224.24kJ/mole.

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