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Old January 10th, 2010, 18:30
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I guess you're meaning heats of combustion.

In kJ/mol, these are:

Methanol 726
Ethanol 1367

Paraffin oil = Kerosene. You get kerosene from distilling crude oil. It's a mixture of C6 to C16 hydrocarbons. Its heat of combustion averages about 7600 kJ/mol.
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