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LABORATORY REPORT
TITLE :
EXP 5 – SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY

EXP. NO. : EXPERIMENT 5

CLASS : AS121/2C.

LECTURER: MADAM NORHASHIDAH BINTI MANAP

NO NAME STUDENT ID

1. AHMAD SHAHIR BIN AHMAD SHAKRI 2019272148

DATE OF THE EXPERIMENT WAS PERFORM : 15 / 06 / 2020

DATE OF SUBMISSION : 14/ 07 / 2020
INTRODUCTION

The specific heat capacity of a substance is defined as the heat required raising unit mass of
substance by one degree of temperature.

Here is our Formula : energy transferred=mc∆T

Where m is mass of substance, c is called specific heat capacity, and ∆.T is change in temperature.
Aim of this experiment is to find more accurate values for specific heat capacity of tap water.

In order to find the energy transferred, this formula below may be used:
power=energy/time

where power is known as 1000W.

APPARATUS

Kettle(1000W)

Thermometer

Stopwatch

Tap Water (1/2kg)

PROCEDURE

1. First, Arrange the apparatus.

2. Make sure 1/2 of the water is filled into the kettle.
3. Before the tap water is heated, first measure the temperature of the tap water and record.
4. Time is determined using a stopwatch. A process called evaporation that can lower the water
content can appear when the water boils. So make sure the water does not boil.
5. When finished, the tap water temperature is re-measured. Temperature readings were
recorded.
6. This process is repeated 4 times with different time interval.
7. Lastly, specific heat capacity of water is sought using the data obtained.
DATAS:

First experiment :

Time 0 second 30 second

∆T 20 ֯C 40 ֯C

The specific heat capacity of tap water found in this experiment is:

Energy transferred = mc∆T

Power = energy / time

Energy = 45000J

45000J = 1/2kg x ᴄ x 20 ֯C

C= 5000J/kg ֯C

Second experiment:

Time 0 second 60 second

∆T 20 ֯C 44 ֯C

The specific heat capacity of tap water found in this experiment is:

Energy transferred = mc∆T

Power= energy/time

1000=energy/60

Energy = 60000

60000J = 1/2kg x c x 24 ֯C

C = 5000J/kg ֯C
Third experiment:

Time 0 second 75 second

∆T 18 ֯C 54 ֯C

The specific heat capacity of tap water found in this experiment is:

Energy transferred = mc∆T

Power= energy/time

1000 = energy/75

Energy = 75000

75000J = ½ kg x c x 36 ֯C

C= 4166J/kg ֯C

Fourth Experiment:

Time 0 second 90 second

∆T 23 ֯C 63 ֯C

The specific heat capacity of tap water found in this experiment is:

Energy transferred = mc∆T

Power= energy/time

1000 = energy/90

Energy = 90000

90000J = 1/2kg ֯C

C= 4500 J/kg ֯c
DATA RESULT:

Experiment: Specific Heat Capacity Found: (J/kg ֯c)

1 5000J/kg ֯C
2 5000J/kg ֯C
3 4166J/kg ֯C
4 4500 J/kg ֯c

According to the experiment that have been working on, average specific heat capacity of tap water
shown below:

46665 J/kg ֯C.

CONCLUSION

Finally, as we have found out the fact that impure water (tap water) differs from pure water
with its specific heat capacity. As we know tap water contains other elements like minerals and chlorine
which make it different from pure water. While we are working on the experiment, amount of water
should remain constant to be able to have more accurate results. We were testing the effect of time on
our experiment. Also, we make sure that thermometer does not touch the bottom of our kettle to only
estimate the temperature of water not energy coming from electricity. In order to find closer values we
may repeat this experiment by using different variables.