In our daily life, we often used candle. Candle can be useful in setting up a romantic dinner with someone who you love, can provide light for us when electricity or a light bulb did not work, but most important of all, using it as a gas stove to boil water. While we burning the candle or using it to boil water, we can see a little smoke or the water became hotter. So, how is the smoke happened, and also why the water can became hotter than room temperature? In this lab report, I will talk about the heat of combustion of paraffin, C25H52. Paraffin often used in candles in daily life. You might wonder what is heat of combustion. Heat of combustion is used to find out the energy that is released when a substance is experiencing a complete combustion,
