Two students are trying to figure out the Calories per gram

Last updated: 5/4/2023

Two students are trying to figure out the Calories per gram of potato chips They burn part of the potato chip and feel the heat They decide to measure this heat by putting a can of water above the burning potato chip so they can measure the heat gained by the water They collect the following data mass of potato chip before buming mass of potato chip after burning mass of water in can initial temperature of water final temperature of water 0 45 g 0 42 g 50 0 g 21 0 C 24 0 C 1 Calorie 1 000 calories specific heat of water 1 calorie g C What assumption was made by their calculation and what is the Cal g Hint the Cheeto Lab used the same multistep calculations The heat from the burning food all goes into the water air and can 5 0 Cal g The heat from the burning food all goes into the water air and can 0 36 Cal g The heat from the burning food all goes into the water 5 0 Cal g The heat from the burning food all goes into the water 0 36 Cal g