Calculate the heat of combustion of magnesium metal

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A 0.1946 g piece of magnesium metal is burned in a constant volume calorimeter that has a heat capacity of 1349 J/°C. The calorimeter contains 500 g of water and the temperature rise is 1.40°C. Calculate the heat of combustion of magnesium metal in kJ/g.

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