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Subject: How many btu are there in a dollar bill? (Or a piece of paper?)

Date: Mon Sep 26 00:24:54 2005
Posted by Tom Ottem
Grade level: nonaligned School: N/A
City: Boulder State/Province: CO Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1127719494.Ph
Message:

I know that I am not associated with a school, but I have an interesting 
question. I am searching to find the (chemical?) heat content of a dollar bill
because fuel is expensive and I want to make an example of what it costs to burn 
natural gas to generate electricity versus burning dollar bills.  Thought it 
might make for a fun class question.




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