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Problem: A dietetic dessert is claimed to have less than 10 Calories per serving. A bomb calorimeter with a heat capacity of 8.151 kJ/K is used to test the claim. One serving of the dessert is burned in O 2; the temperature increases 4.937ƒC. Is the claim correct?
Solution: Calculating the heat gained by the calorimeter:
One serving of the dessert has slightly less than 10 Calories (41.84 kJ), so the manufacturerís claim is correct.
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