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| • | One nutritional
Calorie (C) = 1 kcal = 1000 cal; |
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| 1 cal = 4.184 J;
1 kcal=1 Cal =4.184 kJ |
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| • | 8.7: A 1.00 g
sample of a candy bar (which |
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sugar was burned in a bomb |
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| calorimeter. A
3.0oC temp increase was observed |
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| for 1.00 x 103
g of water. The entire candy bar |
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| weighed 2.5
ounces. Calc the fuel value (in |
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| nutritional
Calories) of the sample and the total |
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| caloric content
of the candy bar. |
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