7.46 - A 0.0500-mol sample of a nutrient substance is burned in a bomb calorimeter containing 2.00 x 10g H20. If the formula weight of this nutrient substance is 114 g/mol, what is the fuel value (in nutritional Cal) if the temperature of the water increased 5.70C?

Explanation:

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In this case, for this calorimetry problem, since the combustion 0.0500 mol of the nutrient increase the temperature of water by 5.70 °C, we can notice that the heat lost by the nutrient is gained by water in order to write:

Which can be also written as:

Thus, in terms of the grams of the nutrient:

The fuel value in nutritional Cal (kcal/g) turns out:

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