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How many Calories are in a sample of food? Here, we'll see how you can determine this by burning a potato chip and heating a sample of water. The heat released by the burning potato chip is absorbed by the water, and then we can calculate how much heat was absorbed by the water, using the equation that contains mass, specific heat, and change in (delta) temperature.
To see all my Chemistry videos, check out
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How many Calories are in a sample of food? Here, we'll see how you can determine this by burning a potato chip and heating a sample of water. The heat released by the burning potato chip is absorbed by the water, and then we can calculate how much heat was absorbed by the water, using the equation that contains mass, specific heat, and change in (delta) temperature.
