A 102.3-g sample of vodka is burned with excess oxygen in a bomb calorimeter with a heat capacity of 15.3 kJ·K–1. The temperature of the calorimeter rises from 21.15°C to 82.09°C. What is the ΔUrxn value for the combustion of this vodka sample in units of kJ/g? Enter your numerical answer only (no units) to the correct amount of significant figures.
Thermochemistry
Thermochemistry can be considered as a branch of thermodynamics that deals with the connections between warmth, work, and various types of energy, formed because of different synthetic and actual cycles. Thermochemistry describes the energy changes that occur as a result of reactions or chemical changes in a substance.
Exergonic Reaction
The term exergonic is derived from the Greek word in which ‘ergon’ means work and exergonic means ‘work outside’. Exergonic reactions releases work energy. Exergonic reactions are different from exothermic reactions, the one that releases only heat energy during the course of the reaction. So, exothermic reaction is one type of exergonic reaction. Exergonic reaction releases work energy in different forms like heat, light or sound. For example, a glow stick releases light making that an exergonic reaction and not an exothermic reaction since no heat is released. Even endothermic reactions at very high temperature are exergonic.
![Bomb Calorimetry and Food Science
Food energy is defined as the amount of energy obtained from food that is available through
cellular respiration. Laboratories use bomb calorimeters to measure the total or gross energy value
of various food macronutrients. Food energy is then based on the heat of
combustion, determined by the bomb calorimeter, and corrections that take into consideration the
efficiency of digestion and absorption and the production of urea and other substances in the urine.
Note that one food calorie (or 1 kcal) is equal to 4.184 kilojoules.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ff07e1d86-872b-48cf-a497-5ee69a156890%2F14b4b158-80d6-43f6-9ed6-631cd511327a%2F3z5k2pb_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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