Fatty acids are stored in the body as triglicerides in adipose tissues. Consider the oxidation reaction for fatty acids with oxygen (CH3-(CH2)n- COOH + 02 = C02 + H20). Balance this equation for n = 10 and calculate how %3D many ml of metabolic water will form from the oxidation of 636 grams this fatty acid. Assume that 1 ml water has a mass of 1 gram. Calculate your answer to two decimal places, do not specify the units in your answer. NB the comma seperates thousands, the dot is for decimals.
Thermochemistry
Thermochemistry can be considered as a branch of thermodynamics that deals with the connections between warmth, work, and various types of energy, formed because of different synthetic and actual cycles. Thermochemistry describes the energy changes that occur as a result of reactions or chemical changes in a substance.
Exergonic Reaction
The term exergonic is derived from the Greek word in which ‘ergon’ means work and exergonic means ‘work outside’. Exergonic reactions releases work energy. Exergonic reactions are different from exothermic reactions, the one that releases only heat energy during the course of the reaction. So, exothermic reaction is one type of exergonic reaction. Exergonic reaction releases work energy in different forms like heat, light or sound. For example, a glow stick releases light making that an exergonic reaction and not an exothermic reaction since no heat is released. Even endothermic reactions at very high temperature are exergonic.
QUESTION 1
Fatty acids are stored in the body as triglicerides in adipose tissues. Consider the oxidation reaction for fatty acids with oxygen (CH3-(CH2)n- COOH + 02 = C02 + H20). Balance this equation for n = 10 and calculate how %3D many ml of
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