The purpose of this experiment was (1) to measure the heat energy within a 1.0g food sample when burned under an oxygen atmosphere in a closed vessel, also known as a bomb calorimeter, and (2) to determine the caloric content of food sample from results of Bomb Calorimetry
Methods
Compress food sample into pellet
Place pellet in crucible and connect to a cotton thread
Load crucible into Bomb Calorimeter
Fill the Bomb to ~30 atm O2
Place Bomb into bucket
Add 2L of H20 into Bucket
Place bucket into Calorimeter
Connect electrodes to bomb
Blow up sample
Results will be calories/g for the dry sample
Using % Moisture, calculate caloric content of as-is sample