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A chemical engineer studying the properties of fuels placed 1.760 g of a hydrocarbon in the bomb of a calorimeter and filled it with O2 gas The bomb was immersed in 2.500 L of water and the reaction initiated. The water temperature rose from 20.00�C to 23.55�C. If the calorimeter (excluding the water) had a heat capacity of 403 J/K, what was the heat of combustion (qV) per gram of the fuel?

answer in scientific notation.

-2.23 x 10^4 J/g ??????? thank you.

1 answer

I get -2.19E4 J/g.