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Why do Oxygenated fuels contain less energy than hydrocarbons?
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Dr Russ
A simplistic answer is to say that energy is obtained by forming C-O and H-O bonds. Thus if the molecule already contains C-O and O-H bonds then these are not available to form C-O and H-O bonds and produce energy.
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