Cooking chicken means to raise the temperature of the meat to a level that is safe to eat, 165 degrees fahrenheit. Boiling is one way to cook chicken in water, but doesn't usually give good results.
The heat of combustion can be most conveniently measured using an adiabatic bomb calorimeter. In. such calorimeter, the combustion reaction occurs in a closed container under constant volume (âbombâ). The bomb. is immersed in a weighted quantity of water and surrounded by an adiabatic shield that serves as a heat insulator.
One of the most important types of reactions studied using calorimetry is combustion. (For more information, see Section 3.2) A compound, usually an organic compound, is allowed to react completely with excess oxygen. Equation 5.15 is an example of such a reaction. Combustion reactions are most conveniently studied using a bomb calorimeter, a device shown schematically in Figure 5.16. The substance to be studied is placed in a small cup within a sealed vessel called a bomb.