Determine the heat capacity of the calorimeter

Assignment Help Chemistry

Reference no: EM13514770

Assume you are performing the calibration step of Experiment 8 and you begin with 20 g of water at 20 oC and 20 g of water at 80 oC. After adding the two portions of water into your calorimeter setup and following the procedure outlined in the experiment, you determine the temperature of the mixed portions of water to be 45 oC. What is the heat capacity of the calorimeter?

Reference no: EM13514770

Questions Cloud

Describe the absolute entropy of cl2 : Calculate the absolute entropy of Cl2(g) at 298k...include the limits of integration. entropy for Cl2= 222.96j/mol.

Lease contract or interpretation of the test : How can test be circumvented through either the structuring of the lease contract or interpretation of the test? What are other ways in which lease capitalization could be avoided through the structuring of lease terms or interpretation of the tes..

Pirous face in having to deal with islamic organizations : What kinds of ethical problems does Pirous face in having to sell his art? What kinds of ethical problems does Pirous face in having to deal with the Indonesian government? What kinds of ethical problems does Pirous face in having to deal with Islami..

Find fraction of the ball initial kinetic energy is stored : A ball of mass 0.65 kg is fired with velocity 120 m/s into the barrel of a spring gun of mass 2.4 kg initially at rest on a frictionless surface. What fraction of the ball's initial kinetic energy is stored in the spring

Determine the heat capacity of the calorimeter : you determine the temperature of the mixed portions of water to be 45 oC. What is the heat capacity of the calorimeter

Stages in pirous development of islamic style of painting : What were the main stages in Pirous’ development of an Islamic style of painting? How do the formal elements of texture, color, shape and paint express religious and other cultural meaning in Pirous’ paintings? How have different groups responded to..

Evolution of lease accounting : What considerations may have motivated the FASB to grant a four-year transitional period in capitalizing pre-1977 leases meeting the capitalization tests of SFAS No. 13? What other political behavior is evident in the evolution of lease accountin..

Explain how many grams of oxygen are required to burn : How many grams of oxygen are required to completely burn 5.90 g of C3H8 in the following unbalanced equation: C3H8(g) + O2(g) --> CO2(g) + H2O(g)

Manipulation of the valuation allowance : What do you think may have been the underlying reason for Nortels behavior relative to the manipulation of the valuation allowance?

User Account

All Pages