A 5.00-g piece of fat is burned in a bomb calorimeter containing 4050 g of water. The temperature of the water increases by 12.4°C.
(a) How much heat, in joules, did the fat release as it burned?
(b) Calculate the heat content in units of calories and Calories.
(c) Calculate the energy value in units of Cal/g.
(d) Calculate the heat content in units of Cal/mol. Assume the fat is all tristearin, a typical fat with the molecular formula C57H110O6.
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