Suppose an adult is encased in a thermally insulating barrier so that all the heat evolved by

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Suppose an adult is encased in a thermally insulating barrier so that all the heat evolved by metabolism of foodstuffs is retained by the body. What is her temperature increase after 2.5 hours? Assume the heat capacity of the body is 4.18 J g−1K−1 and that the heat produced by metabolism is 9.4 kJ kg−1hr−1

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Physical Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321812001

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas Engel, Philip Reid

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