CHEMISTRY · Subjective · A Level · Chemistry · Amount of substance · Amount of substance
Problem
A person inhales 640 g of O2 per day. If all the O2 is used for converting sugar into CO2 and H2O , how much sucrose ( C12H22O11 ) is consumed in the body in one day and what is the heat evolved? ΔHCombustion of sucrose=−5645 kJ mol−1 .