The water in a pressure cooker boils at a temperature greater than 100°C because it is under pressure. At this higher temperature, the chemical reactionsassociated with the cooking of food take place at a greater rate.(a) Some food cooks fully in 7.00 min in a pressure cooker at 111.0°C and in 49.0 minutes in an open pot at 100.0°C. Calculate the average activation energyfor the reactions associated with the cooking of this food.kJ mol-1(b) How long will the same food take to cook in an open pot of boiling water at an altitude of 9500 feet, where the boiling point of water is 90.3 °C?min

i) To determine the activation energy for the reaction associated with the cooking of food. Given:…

Answered: The water in a pressure cooker boils at…

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