A bomb calorimeter, or a constant volume calorimeter, is a device often used to determine the heat of combustion of fuels and the energy content of foods. In an experiment, a 0.4043 g sample of anthracene (C14H10) is burned completely in a bomb calorimeter. The calorimeter is surrounded by 1.230×103 g of water. During the combustion the temperature increases from 23.91 to 26.43 °C. The heat capacity of water is 4.184 J g-1°C-1. The heat capacity of the calorimeter was determined in a previous experiment to be 957.7 J/°C. Assuming that no energy is lost to the surroundings, calculate the molar heat of combustion of anthracene based on these data. C14H10(s) + (33/2) O2(g) 5 H2O(l) + 14 CO2(g) + Energy
Thermochemistry
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A bomb calorimeter, or a constant volume calorimeter, is a device often used to determine the heat of combustion of fuels and the energy content of foods.
In an experiment, a 0.4043 g sample of anthracene (C14H10) is burned completely in a bomb calorimeter. The calorimeter is surrounded by 1.230×103 g of water. During the combustion the temperature increases from 23.91 to 26.43 °C. The heat capacity of water is 4.184 J g-1°C-1.
The heat capacity of the calorimeter was determined in a previous experiment to be 957.7 J/°C.
Assuming that no energy is lost to the surroundings, calculate the molar heat of combustion of anthracene based on these data.
C14H10(s) + (33/2) O2(g) 5 H2O(l) + 14 CO2(g) + Energy
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