About how much energy is produced by completely burning a matchbook style paper match (in calories/)?

Answer 1

From a site that investigates fires and fire prevention, they state that an ordinary match delivers about 50 W for a few seconds. Let's say 4 seconds. That means that each match will release 200 Joule. There are typically 20 matches in a book, so that's 4,000 Joule, or about 1 kcal

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