Name: _Maynard Joseph Cortez______ Course & Year: _BSEE – 1B___ Score: _____

Schedule: __Wednesday___ Date Performed: __11/05/2020_ Date Submitted: 11/06/2020__

Laboratory Instructor: _Augusto G. Natividad_______ Group Number: __________

Activity No. 4
WORKSHEET

CALORIMETRY AND SPECIFIC HEAT

Data, results, and calculations: Complete the table below, assume that the metal used is
iron
(a) Weight of the calorimeter (inner vessel) 9.15 g
(b) Weight of Calorimeter + Water 36.70 g
(c) Weight of water , (b) - (a) 27.5g
(d) Initial temperature of water, (ti)w 28 ºC
(e) Initial temperature of aluminum calorimeter, (ti)cal 28 ºC
(f) Initial temperature of metal (ti)metal 98.0 oC
(g) Weight of metal sample, mmetal 7.5 g
(h) Final temperature of water, (tf)w 32.5 ºC
32.5º
(i) Final temperature of calorimeter, (tf)cal C
259.2
(j) Final temperature of metal ºC
(k) Heat absorbed by the calorimeter, qcal 37.5 Joule
(l) Heat absorbed by the water, qw 318.7 Joule
(m) Experimental specific heat of metal sample 0.460 J/gºC
(n) Theoretical specific heat of metal sample 0.460 J/gºC
(o) Percent Error 0%

GUIDE QUESTIONS
Stirring the calorimeter makes
1 What is the purpose of stirring the contents of the the contents inside to be totally
calorimeter before the final temperature is taken?
dissolved.

For your safety, since it is hot it

2 Why is it required to tap the hot metal with a tissue is best to tap the hot calorimeter.
paper before placing the hot metal in the calorimeter?

To make the heat as constant as

3 Why should the transferring of the hot metal from possible.
the beaker to the calorimeter be done quickly?

Is the experimental value exactly equal to the Yes, the experimental value is
theoretical value? exactly equal to the theoretical
4 value.
If not what could be the possible cause(s) of
the difference in value?