DATA AND RESULT

PART A
PROCEDURE/EXPERIMENT:
PREPARE THE REAGENTS AND LAB EQUIPMENT.
FOR ICED CUBE:
1. GET THE INITIAL TEMPERATURE OF THE BEAKER OR THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE. 2. WEIGH
50 GRAMS OF ICE CUBE.
3. PUT 50 GRAMS OF ICE CUBE INSIDE THE BEAKER.
4. GET THE INITIAL TEMPERATURE OF ICE INSIDE THE BEAKER.
5. PUT THE BEAKER WITH ICE INSIDE THE CALORIMETER.
6. WAIT UNTIL THE ICE CUBE MELT.
7. WAIT UNTIL IT WILL REACH A CONSTANT FINAL TEMPERATURE.
FOR HOT COFFEE:
8. GET THE INITIAL TEMPERATURE OF THE BEAKER OR THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE.
9. WEIGH 100 GRAMS OF HOT COFFE.
10. PUT 100 GRAMS OF HOT COFFEE INSIDE THE BEAKER. 11. GET THE INITIAL TEMPERATURE OF
COFFEE INSIDE THE BEAKER.
12. PUT THE BEAKER WITH COFFEE INSIDE THE CALORIMETER.
13. WAIT UNTIL IT WILL REACH A CONSTANT FINAL TEMPERATURE.
FOR ICED CUBE AND H20: 14. GET THE INITIAL TEMPERATURE OF THE BEAKER OR THE AMBIENT
TEMPERATURE.
15. WEIGH 25 GRAMS OF ICE CUBE AND H2O.
16. PUT 25 GRAMS OF ICE CUBE AND H2O INSIDE THE BEAKER.
17. GET EACH INITIAL TEMPERATURE OF 25 GRAMS OF ICE CUBE AND H2O INSIDE THE BEAKER.
18. PUT THE BEAKER WITH 25 GRAMS OF ICE CUBE AND H2O INSIDE THE CALORIMETER.
19. WAIT UNTIL THE ICE CUBE MELT.
20. WAIT UNTIL IT WILL REACH A CONSTANT FINAL TEMPERATURE.

FOR HOT COFFEE AND H20:

 21. GET THE INITIAL TEMPERATURE OF THE BEAKER OR THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE.
22. WEIGH 25 GRAMS OF HOT COFFEE AND H20.
23. PUT 25 GRAMS OF HOT COFFEE AND H20 INSIDE THE BEAKER.
24. GET EACH INITIAL TEMPERATURE OF 25 GRAMS OF HOT COFFEE AND H20 INSIDE THE
BEAKER.
25. PUT THE BEAKER WITH 25 GRAMS OF HOT COFFEE AND H20 INSIDE THE CALORIMETER. 26.
WAIT UNTIL IT WILL REACH A CONSTANT FINAL TEMPERATURE.

OBSERVATION:

EXPERIMEN MASS INITIAL FINAL AMBIENT THEORETICAL % ERROR

T TEMPERATURE TEMPERATUR TEMPERATURE VALUE OF
E FINAL
TEMPERATUR
E
ICE CUBE 50g 0.5oC 24oC 25oC 23.5oC 24%

HOT COFFEE 100g 78oC 21oC 25oC -57oC -24%

ICE 25g 0.05oC 19oC 25oC 18.95oC 86%

WATER 25g 20oC 19oC 25oC -1oC 86%

HOT COFFEE 25g 82oC 23oC 25oC -59oC -61%

WATER 25g 22oC 23oC 25oC 1oC 1%

A. Cadmium Metal

METAL MASS SPECIFIC HEAT INITIAL FINAL

TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE
WATER 100g 4.184 J/goC 22oC 25oC
CALORIMETER 112g 0.900 J/goC 22oC 25oC
CADMIUM 58.593 g 0.232 J/goC 100oC 25oC

B. Copper Metal

METAL MASS SPECIFIC HEAT INITIAL FINAL

TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE
WATER 100g 4.184 J/goC 20oC 25oC
CALORIMETER 112g 0.900 J/goC 20oC 25oC
COPPER 42g 0.385 J/goC 98oC 25oC

C. Ice

METAL MASS SPECIFIC HEAT INITIAL FINAL

TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE
WATER 100g 4.184 J/goC 73oF 19oC
CALORIMETER 112g 0.900 J/goC 73oF 19oC
ICE 50g 2.01 J/goC 32 oF 19oC
B. Determination of Approximate Atomic Weight of Metal

1. Following procedure (A), determine the specific heat of the unknown metal and from the value,
calculate the approximate atomic weight of the metal using the formula:

atomic mass(𝑔 /𝑚𝑜𝑙) x specific heat 𝑐𝑎𝑙 /𝑔·°𝐶 = 6.4𝑐𝑎𝑙/ 𝑚𝑜𝑙·°𝐶