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Solutions to two chemistry problems related to the energy and mass of a reduced-calorie soft drink. The first problem involves determining the equation for the complete combustion of sucrose and calculating the mass of tagatose required to produce a can of soft drink with the same sweetness as a standard one. The second problem calculates the energy obtained from the tagatose in the reduced-calorie soft drink.
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CHEM1101 2007-N-8 November 2007
22
11
(s). Give the equation for the complete
combustion of sucrose.
Marks
12
22
11
(s) + 12O
2
(g)
2
(g) + 11H
2
O(l)
A standard can (375 mL) of soft drink contains 795 kJ of energy. Assume the only
ingredients are water and sucrose and that the energy obtained from sucrose by the
body is the same as that obtained by combustion. Tagatose, C
6
12
6
, is a low-calorie
sweetener with a calorific value to humans of only 6.2 kJ g
basis, it is 92% as sweet as sucrose. What mass of tagatose would be needed to
produce a 375 mL can of drink with the same sweetness as a standard soft drink?
Data: โ
f
12
22
11
(s)) = โ2221.7 kJ mol
f
2
(g)) = โ393.5 kJ mol
f
2
O(l)) = โ285.8 kJ mol
The molar mass of sucrose, C
12
22
11
is:
sucrose
= 12 ร 12.01 (C) + 22 ร 1.008 (H) + 11 ร 16.00 (O) = 342.296 g mol
-
As
o o o
rxn f f
โ H = m โ H (products) โ n โ H (reac tan ts) โโ == โโ โโ โโ
, the โ โโ
comb
o
(sucrose)
is given by:
o o o
comb f f
o o
f 2 f 2
o o
f 12 22 11 f 2
1
H m H (products) n H (reac tan ts)
(12 H (CO (g)) 11 H (H O(l)))
( H (C H O (g)) 12 H (O (g)))
(12 393.5 11 285.8) ( 2221.7 12 0) 5644.1kJ mol
โโโโ
As a standard can generates 795 kJ of energy, it must contain
1
795kJ
5644.1kJ mol
โ โโ
โ
0.141 mol of sucrose. Using the molar mass from above, this corresponds to a
mass of:
mass = number of moles ร molar mass = 0.141 ร 342.296 = 48.2 g
As tagatose only has 92% of the sweetness of sucrose, more is required to match
the sweetness provided by sucrose:
mass of tagatose required =
52.4g
Answer: 52.4 g
CHEM1101 2007-N-8 November 2007
How much energy will a person obtain from this reduced-calorie can of soft drink?
As tagatose has a calorific value of 6.2 kJ g
-
, 52.4 g will provide:
energy obtained = 52.4 g ร 6.2 kJ g
-
= 330 kJ
Answer: 330 kJ