Question

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 reactions associated with the cooking of food take place at a greater rate.

(a) Some food cooks fully in 5.00 min in a pressure cooker at 119.0°C and in 50.0 minutes in an open pot at 100.0°C. Calculate the average activation energy for 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

Answer 1

So, it will take 177 minutes.