Message-Id: <v01540b0eaf7174e0a52d@[192.174.2.173]>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 08:33:27 -0800
To: pinhole@exploratorium.edu
From: pauld@exploratorium.edu (Paul Doherty)
Subject: Re: Calory counter
Don't miss the simple calorimeter in the Exploratorium Quarterly Food issue.
Burn a peanut under a test tube containing a measured 10 mL of water.
measure the amount of water left after the burning ends.
Use the temperature increase from room temp to 100C and the amount of water
boiled away (2 mL) to calculate the energy delivered by the burning peanut
to the water.
Paul Doherty