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A Food Sample Was Burned in a Bomb Calorimeter Containing

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A food sample was burned in a bomb calorimeter containing 524 mL water. How much thermal energy was produced when the temperature of the water and the calorimeter rose from 20.0C to 25.0C? The metal calorimeter had a heat capacity of 725 J/C without the water. The specific heat capacity of water is 4.184 J/(g C) .


A) 3.63 kJ
B) 14.6 kJ
C) 58.4 kJ
D) 45.8 kJ
E) 46.1 kJ

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