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Unit 1 Heat
Terminology and calorie examples
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chemical calorie | cal |
| kilo calorie | k-cal, 1000 chemical calorie |
| Dietary calorie | Cal, 1000 chemical calorie |
| Celsius to Kelvin | K = C +273 |
| Kelvin to Celsius | C = k - 273 |
| What is the chemical calorie of heat? | 1 cal / 1g x 1C |
| Chemical calorie formula? | mass of H2O(g) x AT(C) x 1cal / 1g x 1C |
| How many calories would it take to raise the temperature of 520 grams of water from 15 °C to 95 °C ? | 1) 95 -15 = 80 C 2) 520g x 80 C x 1cal / 1g x 1C = 41,600 |
| If you burn one teaspoon of sugar in a bomb calorimeter, the temperature of 2 L of water is raised from 22 °C to 27 °C, how many cals, k-cals, and Cals does the sugar contain? | 1) 2L = 2,000 g 2) 27 -22 = 5 C 3) 2,000g x 5C x 1cal / 1g x 1C = 10,000 4)10000 cals x 1 k-cal / 1000 cals = 10 k-cals and Cals |