An inexpensive hand warmer uses an exothermic chemical reaction to produce heat: iron reacts with oxygen to

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An inexpensive hand warmer uses an exothermic chemical reaction to produce heat: iron reacts with oxygen to form ferric oxide, Fe2O3. Write a balanced chemical reaction for this oxidation process. Compute the energy liberated per kilogram of iron. Assuming that your hands each weigh about 0.4 kilogram and assuming that the specific heat of your hands is the same as water, what mass of iron would be needed to warm your hands from 10 C to body temperature,∼38 C?

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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