Question

The combustion of palmitic acid in a bomb calorimeter yields energy in the form of heat released upon oxidation. From a thermodynamic perspective and with respect to the calorimeter experiment, what would you expect the combustion of the same amount of palmitic acid in our body to yield?a. less energyb. more energyc. the same amount of energyd. The calorimeter experiment is irrelevant to the combustion of palmitic acid in the human body.

Answer 1

Answer:

"The same amount of energy" is the combustion of the same amount of palmitic acid in our body to yield.

Explanation:

A bomb calorimeter is an apparatus used to measure the amount of heat out or fascinated by a chemical reaction. This apparatus is airtight and has thermal insulation, which means that the organization doesn't alteration heat with the environments. So, by the variance of the temperature measured on the system (ΔT), the mass of a solution (m) and the specific heat of water (c) it's likely to compute the heat in a reaction that happens in aqueous solution, by the equation below:

                                           Q = $m \times c\times \delta T$

The heat, or the energy, of the response doesn't depend on where the response is happening, so the sum of energy measured on the bomb calorimeter will be the same in our body.