How much heat is released per gram of oil shale when burned


A 4.4-g sample of Colorado oil shale is burned in a bomb calorimeter, which causes the temperature of the calorimeter to increase by 5.0 C. The calorimeter contains 1.00 kg of water (heat capacity of H2O = 4.184 J/g C) and the heat capacity of the empty calorimeter is 0.10 kJ/ C. How much heat is released per gram of oil shale when it is burned?

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