Chapter 14: Q23P (page 390)
(II)Determine the energy content of 100 g of Karen鈥檚 fudge cookies from the following measurements. A 10-g sample of a cookie is allowed to dry before putting it in a bomb calorimeter (page 396). The aluminum bomb has a mass of 0.615 kg and is placed in 2.00 kg of water contained in an aluminum calorimeter cup of mass 0.524 kg. The initial temperature of the system is 15.0掳C, and its temperature after ignition is 36.0掳C.
Short Answer
The energy content of 100 g Karen鈥檚 fudge cookies is \(472.6\;{\rm{kcal}}\).