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Daily Energy and Oxygen Consumption in Humans

A human consumes about 6000 kJ of glucose per day. The overall reaction for glucose consumption uses 6 moles of oxygen per mole of glucose to release 2816 kJ of energy. Given this information and assuming the food is all glucose, the metabolic rate of a 75 kg human in terms of oxygen used is approximately 0.23 moles per cubic meter per second.

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Daily Energy and Oxygen Consumption in Humans

A human consumes about 6000 kJ of glucose per day. The overall reaction for glucose consumption uses 6 moles of oxygen per mole of glucose to release 2816 kJ of energy. Given this information and assuming the food is all glucose, the metabolic rate of a 75 kg human in terms of oxygen used is approximately 0.23 moles per cubic meter per second.

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A human being (75 kg) consumes about 6000 kJ of

food per day. Assume that the food is all glucose and
that the overall reaction is

Find man's metabolic rate (the rate of living, loving,


and laughing) interms of moles of oxygen used per m3
of person per second.

each mole of glucose consumed uses 6


moles of oxygen and releases 2816 kJ of
energy

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