Study Guide For The Physical Universe
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ISBN: 9781259683466
Author: Konrad B Krauskopf, Arthur Beiser
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 48E
The ultimate source of the energy in food is the energy liberated when hydrogen is converted to helium in thermonuclear reactions in the sun. Trace this energy from the sun to the food you eat.
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Study Guide For The Physical Universe
Ch. 13 - Prob. 1MCCh. 13 - Prob. 2MCCh. 13 - Prob. 3MCCh. 13 - Prob. 4MCCh. 13 - As a class, the alkanes are a. highly reactive b....Ch. 13 - Prob. 6MCCh. 13 - Gasoline is a mixture of a. alkanes b. isomers of...Ch. 13 - Prob. 8MCCh. 13 - Unsaturated hydrocarbon molecules are...Ch. 13 - Prob. 10MC
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