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Explain the cooling effect that you experience when ethanol is rubbed on your skin and then evaporates

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Explain the cooling effect that you experience when ethanol is rubbed on your skin and then evaporates.

This process can be written as C2H5OH (l) ________> C2H5OH (g) ?H = + 42.2kJ

Choose the BEST response from the following:

(a) The skin breaks down and releases energy.

(b) The ethanol uses heat energy from the skin to vaporize.

(c) The ethanol molecules release some of their bond energy.

(d) All of the above answers are correct.