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Question
The heat of combustion of a substance is:
Options
always positive
always negative
numerically equal totheheatofformation
unpredictable
MCQ
Solution
always negative
Explanation:
The amount of heat evolved (i.e. decrease in enthalpy) when one mole of a substance is completely burned in air or oxygen is always negative.
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