Question: The energy content of a certain food is to be determined in a bomb calorimeter that contains 3 kg of water by burning a 2-g

The energy content of a certain food is to be determined in a bomb calorimeter that contains 3 kg of water by burning a 2-g sample of it in the presence of 100 g of air in the reaction chamber. If the water temperature rises by 3.28C when equilibrium is established, determine the energy content of the food, in kJ/kg, by neglecting the thermal energy stored in the reaction chamber and the energy supplied by the mixer. What is a rough estimate of the error involved in neglecting the thermal energy stored in the reaction chamber?
The energy content of a certain food is to be

Reaction chamber Food AT 3.20C FIGURE P4-125

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