MA. VICTORIA V. ABIGPA MR.

HIROMI RIVAS
BS PSYCHOLOGY 2-A JULY 1, 2021

EXPERIMENT #8
Questions:
1. H = 239.58 𝑤/𝑚𝑘
2. 𝑇 = 92 ℃ → 365.15 𝐾
3. 𝑇 = 40 ℃ → 313.15 𝐾
4. 𝑇 = 37.3 ℃ → 310.45 𝐾
5. 𝑇 = 54.8℃ → 327.95 𝐾
6. Q = 28748.33 𝑤/𝑚𝑘 ∙ 𝑠
7. 𝑚 = 250 𝑚𝐿 → 0.25 𝑘𝑔
8. A = 125.6 cm
9. l = 9 cm
10. What is the computed value of the specific heat capacity of water?

𝐻𝑡
𝐶 =
𝑚∆𝑇
𝑤
239.58 (120 s)
𝐶 = 𝑚𝑘
0.25 𝑘𝑔 (17.5 𝐾)
𝑤
28749.6 ∙𝑠
𝐶 = 𝑚𝑘
4.375
𝐶 = 6571.34 𝑤/𝑘𝑔 ∙ 𝑠 ∙ 𝐾

11. The value of the specific heat of water is 4190 j/kg ∙ K, determine the percentage error between this
value and your computed value.

𝑤 j
6571.34 ∙ 𝑠 ∙ 𝐾 − 4190 ∙ K
𝑘𝑔 kg
% 𝐸𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 = × 100%
j
4190 ∙ K
kg
2381.34
% 𝐸𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 = × 100%
4190

% 𝐸𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 = 56.83%
Solution:

𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝐻:
𝑄 𝑇 −𝑇 𝑤
𝐻= = 𝐾𝐴 → 0.33
𝑇 𝐿 𝑚𝑘
𝑤 365.15 𝐾 − 313.15 𝐾
𝐻 = 0.33 ∙ 125.6 𝑐𝑚
𝑚𝑘 9 𝑐𝑚
𝐻 = 41.45(5.78)

𝐻 = 239.58 𝑤/𝑚𝑘

𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑆𝐴:

𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛:
𝑟=2
𝑅 = 3.5
𝐿=9
𝑆𝐴 = 𝜋(𝐿𝑅 + 𝑟 )
𝑆𝐴 = 3.14[(9)(4)] + (2)²
𝑆𝐴 = 125.6 𝑐𝑚

𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑄:
𝑇 −𝑇
𝑄 = 𝐾𝐴𝑡
𝐿
𝑤 365.15 𝐾 − 313.15 𝐾
𝑄 = 0.33 ∙ 125.6 𝑐𝑚 ∙ 120 𝑠
𝑚𝑘 9 𝑐𝑚
𝑄 = (4,973.76)(5.78)
𝐻 = 28748.33 𝑤/𝑚𝑘 ∙ 𝑠
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