A typical human liver weighs about 1.4 kilograms. if it is to be used in a transplant procedure, a harvested liver is usually chilled for transport in a new supercooling technique, the liver is perfused (flooded) with a sugar solution to act as antifreeze and then cooled from body temperature (37 C) to -4 C. You can assume that after perfusion almost all the liver's weight is due to the sugar solution. The sugar solution has the following properties: cp 3.11 kj/kg*K, p = 1150 kg/m^3, A Hfusion = 294 kJ/kg. A. What is the change in entropy of the perfused liver during cooling? List all assumptions made. B. If the body temperature liver was not perfused with the sugar solution and was cooled to 4 C, how would you expect the change in entropy of the liver to be different. Explain your answer
States of Matter
The substance that constitutes everything in the universe is known as matter. Matter comprises atoms which in turn are composed of electrons, protons, and neutrons. Different atoms combine together to give rise to molecules that act as a foundation for all kinds of substances. There are five states of matter based on their energies of attraction, namely solid, liquid, gases, plasma, and BEC (Bose-Einstein condensates).
Chemical Reactions and Equations
When a chemical species is transformed into another chemical species it is said to have undergone a chemical reaction. It consists of breaking existing bonds and forming new bonds by changing the position of electrons. These reactions are best explained using a chemical equation.
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