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53. In a fuel cell methanol is used as fuel and oxygen gas is used as an oxidizer. The reaction is CH,OH,9 +0268) + CO2(8) +2H,0At 298K standard Gibb's energies of formation for CH,OH (1)H,0(1)and CO2(g) are -166.2, -237.2 and -394.4kJ mol-' respectively. If standard enthalpy of combustion of methanol is -726kJ mol“!, efficiency of the fuel cell will be AIEEE2009) 2) 87% 3) 90% 4) 97% 2007

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