A Chemist Wishes to Calibrate a Bomb Calorimeter, So She

question 132

Multiple Choice

A chemist wishes to calibrate a bomb calorimeter, so she combusts 5.58 g of 4-pentenoic acid, Δ_combustionU = -26.77 kJ g^-1, which causes a temperature change from 23.4 °C to 38.9 °C. What should the chemist report for the value of C_cal?

• A) 6.10 kJ °C^-1
• B) 17.5 kJ °C^-1
• C) 28.7 kJ °C^-1
• D) 9.64 kJ °C^-1
• E) 7.61 kJ °C^-1

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