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[-] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 103 points 6 months ago

Every 1 minute, 3L of water gets heated by 50K. With a specific heat capacity of 4200 J / kg / C and density of 1 g / mL, it takes 3 x 4200 x 50 = 630000J per minute.

With a rate of 4.0 x 10^4 J / g for the heater, we can get the rate of combustion with 630000 / 40000 = 15.75 g per minute.

[-] sag@lemm.ee 26 points 6 months ago

Thanks for doing my homework

[-] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

No problem

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