Energy from Oxidation of Food
Items of food contain considerable energy. Under appropriate conditions this energy can be released much more rapidly than it is in your body. To release the energy rapidly, a sample of potassium chlorate is melted with a burner and a piece of food is dropped into the molten potassium chlorate. The food reacts fairly violently in an exothermic process that releases considerable energy.
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