Average Heat of Combustion and Available Energy of Carbohydrate, Fat and Protein

Authors

H. I. FeinsteinFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The food energy of carbohydrate, fat and protein recorded in many nutrition tables is the net available energy. It is equal to 16.7, 37.7, and 16.7 kilojoules per gram respectively. These are not the same as the heat of combustion determined calorimetrically.

Publication Date

Autumn 1983

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

20

Issue

2

First Page

12

Last Page

12

Copyright

© Copyright 1983 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Feinstein, H. I. (1983) "Average Heat of Combustion and Available Energy of Carbohydrate, Fat and Protein," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 20: No. 2, Article 9.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol20/iss2/9