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How could I find the heat of combustion for butane given a butane lighter, metal can, and thermometer?
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Look into how bomb calorimeters work. 
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What's the "bomb" and ignition unit?
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Heat of Combustion
What measurements/information do I need to calculate the heat of combustion of something?
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Is this a homework question?
You need to combust a known quantity of the material and measure the amount of energy that it gives out, for example, by measuring how much it heats
up a known volume of water. Look up Bomb Calorimiters, as the dude advised.
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Weigh the lighter. Add a known mass of H20 to the can. Measure temp of water. Apply heat with lighter, measure resulting water temp.
Weigh the lighter again, giving you the amount of butane consumed. So now you know the moles of butane burned, the mass of the water, and the
temperature change. From there, it's all math!
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