i am doing an experiment to compare the enthalpy of combustion of alcohols......would an alcohol which has undergone incomplete combustion bemore or less exothermic than an alcohol that has undergonne complete combustion. please explain thanks
do you mean which combustion would be more exothermic? in that case, the complete combustion. This is because CO2 and H2O are more thermodynamically stable than CO and soot. Hope this helps