You have been asked to experimentally determine the Calorie (1Calorie = 1000 calories) values of various desserts. You realizethat a combustion reaction is analogous to the digestive reactionoccurring during metabolism and the amount of energy released fromcombustion will tell us how much nutritional energy we can expectfrom the food. You then need to apply the principles of calorimetryto measure the energy released by the desserts upon combustion.
After some research, you discover that calorimetry of combustionreactions is performed in an instrument called a bomb calorimeter,which is shown below. The name “bomb†refers to the inner chamberof the calorimeter that can withstand great increases inpressure.
1.What would happen to the coffee cup if you used it for acombustion reaction?
Hint: For automatic grading purposes, limit youranswer to one word.
2. While using a coffee cup calorimeter for acombustion reaction, water in the reaction would ___________ [\"notmatter\", \"be a problem\"] . This is because water ___________[\"would also need to be burned\", \"would absorb the energy from thereaction\"] Â Â Â Â Â Â .
3.The main ingredient in the desserts you will be studying issugar or sucrose. Look up the SDS for sucrose. Name one type offire extinguisher should you have/use if the fire (combustionreaction) gets out of hand?
Hint: For automatic grading purposes, limit your answer to asingle type of fire extinguisher. Do not include \"fireextinguisher\" or anything to that effect in your answer.
