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Question
"The calorific value of cooking gas (LPG) is 50 kJ/g". What does it mean?
Solution
When you say that the caloric value of cooking gas (liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG) is 50 kJ/g, it means that when 1 gram of LPG is burnt completely, it produces 50 kilojoules of energy in the form of heat.
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