calorimetry Flashcards

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Experiment to see how much energy is in food

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-Pick a dry food that burns easily, pasta
-Weigh the food and put on a skewer
-Add volume of water to boiling tube
-Measure temp of water, then set fire to food
-Hold the burning under the tube until it goes out
-Keep doing this until food doesn’t light.

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