Chapter 5.4, Problem 3CP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The final temperature of the water in the calorimeter is to be calculated.

Concept introduction:

The bomb calorimeter is a constant volume calorimeter used to measure the heat of combustion.

The relation betweenheat change of the calorimeter and heat change of the reaction is given as follows:

$q_{cal}=-q_{rxn}$

The heat change for the reaction in the calorimeteris calculated as follows:

$q_{rxn}=-C_{cal}\Delta T$

The temperature change of the reaction is calculated as follows:

$\Delta T=T_{final}-T_{initial}$