A researcher studying the nutritional value of a new candy places a 4.90 g sample of the candy inside a bomb calorimeter and combusts it in excess oxygen. The observed temperature increase is 2.61 °C. If the heat capacity of the calorimeter is 36.50 kJ-K-¹, how many nutritional Calories are there per gram of the candy?

A researcher studying the nutritional value of a new candy places a 4.90 g sample of the candy inside a bomb calorimeter and combusts it in excess oxygen. The observed temperature increase is 2.61 °C. If the heat capacity of the calorimeter is 36.50 kJ-K-¹, how many nutritional Calories are there per gram of the candy?

Chemistry

10th Edition

ISBN:9781305957404

Author:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Publisher:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

Section: Chapter Questions

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