Calorimeter Essays

  • Calorimeter Experiment

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    measure the heat flow (temperature change) for a reacting system is called a calorimeter. The calorimeter is well-insulated device that help to minimize the heat exchange between the system being observed and its surroundings. In this experiment, simple calorimeter, coffer cup calorimeter containing Styrofoam cups is used. Calorimeter contains a thermometer and a stirrer.3 Thermometer is typically inserted in the calorimeter to measure the change in the temperature that results from the reaction. Stirrer

  • Dichloromethane Lab Report

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    BS1003 – Organic Chemistry Practical 1 Laboratory Report Name: Tristan Chan Yew Kit, U1640436J (T8) Effects of Dichloromethane(DCM) in Extraction of Caffeine from Tea Leaves Purpose To investigate the ability for Dichloromethane(DCM), a moderately polar organic solvent, to extract aqueous caffeine molecules, originating from Tea Leaves suspended in water. Introduction Caffeine, defined chemically as 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine (C8H10N4O2), is an alkaloid that can be found in tea leaves, coffee and many

  • Iodine Lab Report

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    • Iodine Solution Weigh 7.7g of potassium iodide into a 50cm3 beaker. Use distilled water to help the iodide dissolve. Swirl for a few minutes until the iodide has completely dissolved. Using a funnel to help, pour the potassium iodide into a 500cm3 volumetric flask, make sure all traces of the solution is in the volumetric flask. Using distilled water would be a good method in order to rinse the beaker. Make the solution up to the 500cm3 mark with iodine (1% concentration) • Starch Indicator Solution

  • Bomb Calorimeter Essay

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    The Use of Bomb Calorimeter in Measuring Enthalpies How a bomb calorimeter works? First, put the object that you want to measure inside the bomb. Once everything is plugged in and set up, the electricity passing though the wires, along with the supplied oxygen will combust the object. When is is combusted, heat will be given out. There will be a stir that helps distribute the heat evenly all through the water. A temperature probe determines the amount of heat given off and converts it to joules.

  • Bomb Calorimeter Lab Report

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    Abstract Bomb calorimeter was used in the experiment to determine the standard heat of combustion and formation of naphthalene. The heat capacity, C(s), of the bomb calorimeter obtained from a standard benzoic acid combustion was 10792.3±184.651 J/℃. Using this C(s), the enthalpy of combustion (∆Hcombust) of naphthalene was determined to be -5134.96±33.3433 kJ/mol. The final standard formation ((∆Hf, C10H8。) of naphthalene was 56.438±33.3433 kJ/mol, which was not very close to the theoretical value

  • Advantages And Disadvantages Of Coffee Cup Calorimeters

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    increases thermal power) and in environmental science (where a calorimeter can be used to determine insect metabolism as it varies based on changes in such factors as temperature and chemical treatments)1. There are numerous kinds of calorimeters, each with their own advantages and disadvantages, such as those that maintain a constant pressure

  • The Importance Of Calorimetry

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    The Calorimeter Calorimetry is the science that was first recognized by a Scottish physician and the scientist Joseph Black. It is related with determining the variation in energy of a system by measuring the heat transfer with the surrounding. It is derived from the word calor in Latin, which means the heat and the pressure. Calorimeter is the device used in the calorimetry science to measure the quantity of heat transported from or to an object. Heat is the transfer of thermal energy between two

  • Measuring From The Combustion Of Chips

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    In this experiment the purpose is to capture as much energy as possible from the chip by using a calorimeter. The goal of this experiment is to modify the calorimeter and to improve the energy capture from the combustion of the chips. Kinetic, Potential, and Law of Conservation energies are all used in our everyday life. Energy is neither created nor destroyed, though it can be transformed, which is the Law of Conservation of Energy (Castro). Kinetic Energy can be calculated by E = ½mv2 (Lucas).

  • What Are The Specific Heat Of Naoh And The Enthalpy Of A Neutralization Reaction

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    This was accomplished by finding the heat of solution of the salt and measuring the heat capacity of the calorimeter to measure the enthalpy. During this lab one of the assumption that was made was the law of conservation of energy. Specifically, the loss of heat is equal to heat gained. The heat of solution with the assumption no heat loss was -43.884KJ/mol and with the heat loss to the calorimeter was -42.816KJ/mol. This value is not far off from the theoretical value of NaOH, which is -44.2KJ/mol

  • Lab Report Calorimetry

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    The Calorimetry experiment is the use of a calorimeter to measure a temperature change. Calorimetry is the measurement of heat.1 This can later be used during calculations to find the enthalpy of an equation. Essential to calorimetry is the calorimeter, which can be any device for accurately measuring the temperature of a substance before and after a change occurs.2 A calorimeter can be as simple as a styrofoam cup. Its quality as an insulator, which makes styrofoam ideal for holding in the warmth

  • Millsaps College Lab Manual

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    temperature probe was kept in the calorimeter until the temperature had been stabilized and was calibrated. A beaker was placed on a hot plate with dial turned between three and four. Another 100.00 ml of deionized water was added while the beaker is heating up. Using the temperature probe, the beaker was measured

  • Calorimetry Lab Report

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    Calorimetry is the science of determining the changes in energy of a system by measuring the heat exchanged with the surroundings. Calorimetry experiments are performed in order to determine the heat flow between two substances and a calorimeter is used. A calorimeter is a device that is used to measure the amount of heat transferred to or from an object. The science of calorimetry is that the energy gained or lost by the water is equal to the energy lost or gained by the object. In calorimetry to

  • Can The Specific Heat Of An Unknown Metal Be Found Using Calorimetry

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    Background: Calorimetry is the science of measuring heat based on observing the change of temperature when a body takes in or gives off energy as heat or light. The device used to determine heat associated with a chemical reaction is called a calorimeter. When calorimetry is used it’s information is then put into an equation to find the specific heat of an object. The equation is, SMΔTwater=SMΔTobject. This means that the specific heat times the mass and change in temperature of water will equal

  • What Happens When You Put The Grinding Green Peas Into The Colorimeter

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    Which can change the texture and appeal for the green peas. The amount of peas grinded and poured into colorimeter can have a certain effect on the value of the calorimeter. It will debunked the data and not prove the hypothesis. In the colorimeter we have the ability to control the amounts of wavelengths. Keeping it at different wavelengths will not only change the data’s value be able to assess the data if not using

  • Methyl Linoleate, Two-Butanol

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    In part 1, the 5 fuels, commercial biodiesel, methyl linoleate, 2-Butanol, Methanol, and Ethanol, were divided among five groups. Each group prepared 6 petri dishes; each dish fitted with a layer of filter paper, 30 seeds, and then another layer of filter paper on top. In preparation for the biodiesel methyl linoleate, 2.25 mL of the biodiesel along with 17.75 mL of water were used to make 20 mL of 10% biodiesel. This amount was split in half 4 times using a graduated cylinder and the appropriate

  • Heat Of Reaction Lab Report

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    Then 35 ml of 1.00 M of Sodium hydroxide was measured and set aside. Using the calorimeter, the hydrochloric acid was stirred heartily and its temperature was recorded as the initial temperature. The temperature of the Sodium hydroxide was assumed to be similar because they were both in the same conditions (lab) for the exact amount of

  • Specific Heat Lab Report

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    laboratory balance, graduated cylinder, thermometer, beaker, calorimeter, ring stand, wire gauze, bunsen burner, water, crucible tongs, paper, writing utensil and the flint and striker Procedure: Put on goggles, apron and get out the materials listed above. Record the mass of the metal, and put the metal in the beaker

  • Which Type Of Which Nut Provides The Largest Amount Of Energy As Measured Through Calorimetry

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    Which type of nut provides the largest amount of energy as measured through calorimetry? Purpose: The purpose of this experiment was to find out which nut provides the largest amount of energy. Background Research: The topic for the research is based on macromolecules and calorimetry. Macromolecules are molecules made of subunits. The four subunits are Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleic acids. For this experiment 3 nuts were used, peanuts, almonds, and cashews. These are all types

  • Sodium Chloride Lab

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    Due to this uncertainty, trials were performed on pure deionized water to see how far the probe read from zero degrees Celsius. Another source of error was in the calorimeter. Using two foam cups as a calorimeter is sufficient, although far from perfect. Using a bomb calorimeter would be much more accurate. Even calculating the calorimeter constant through experiment and taking this into account, this was still a large source of error. EXTENSION OF WORK: The article published by the Minnesota Pollution

  • Enthalpy Of Chemical Reactions Using Hess Law

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    Chem Practice Experiment 3-Enthalpy of Chemical Reaction Dana Lucas Robin Brown TA: Chris February 19, 2018 Introduction The purpose of this experiment was to calculate the change in enthalpy of 2 reactions using Hess’ Law by using a coffee calorimeter to measure the temperature changes in the sub reactions for MgO and a neutralization reaction. Germain Hess published this law in 1840, which described the first law of thermodynamics. In Hess’ Law, “the enthalpy change in a chemical reaction is