In the laboratory a "coffee cup" calorimeter, or constant pressure calorimeter, is frequently used to determine the specific heat of a solid, or to measure the energy of a solution phase reaction. A chunk of platinum weighing 19.07 grams and originally at 97.71 °C is dropped into an insulated cup containing 79.75 grams of water at 20.99 °C. In the laboratory a "coffee cup" calorimeter, or constant pressure calorimeter, is frequently used to determine the specific heat of a solid, or to measure the energy of a solution phase reaction. Since the cup itself can absorb energy, a separate experiment is needed to determine the heat capacity of the calorimeter. This is known as calibrating the calorimeter and the value determined is called the calorimeter constant. One way to do this is to use a common metal of known heat capacity. In the laboratory a student heats 99.74 grams of iron to 98.88 °C and then drops it into a cup containing 75.55 grams of water at 23.39 °C. She measures the final temperature to be 32.62 °C. Using the accepted value for the specific heat of iron (See the References tool), calculate the calorimeter constant.
Thermochemistry
Thermochemistry can be considered as a branch of thermodynamics that deals with the connections between warmth, work, and various types of energy, formed because of different synthetic and actual cycles. Thermochemistry describes the energy changes that occur as a result of reactions or chemical changes in a substance.
Exergonic Reaction
The term exergonic is derived from the Greek word in which ‘ergon’ means work and exergonic means ‘work outside’. Exergonic reactions releases work energy. Exergonic reactions are different from exothermic reactions, the one that releases only heat energy during the course of the reaction. So, exothermic reaction is one type of exergonic reaction. Exergonic reaction releases work energy in different forms like heat, light or sound. For example, a glow stick releases light making that an exergonic reaction and not an exothermic reaction since no heat is released. Even endothermic reactions at very high temperature are exergonic.
In the laboratory a "coffee cup" calorimeter, or constant pressure calorimeter, is frequently used to determine the specific heat of a solid, or to measure the energy of a solution phase reaction.
A chunk of platinum weighing 19.07 grams and originally at 97.71 °C is dropped into an insulated cup containing 79.75 grams of water at 20.99 °C.
In the laboratory a "coffee cup" calorimeter, or constant pressure calorimeter, is frequently used to determine the specific heat of a solid, or to measure the energy of a solution phase reaction.
Since the cup itself can absorb energy, a separate experiment is needed to determine the heat capacity of the calorimeter. This is known as calibrating the calorimeter and the value determined is called the calorimeter constant.
One way to do this is to use a common metal of known heat capacity. In the laboratory a student heats 99.74 grams of iron to 98.88 °C and then drops it into a cup containing 75.55 grams of water at 23.39 °C. She measures the final temperature to be 32.62 °C.
Using the accepted value for the specific heat of iron (See the References tool), calculate the calorimeter constant.
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