Experiment 106

Specific Heat

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Summary of Experiments
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Data Sheet (30 pts)

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1. Introduction
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GUIDE QUESTIONS (For Group Report)

1. When is a system considered to be in thermal equilibrium? When does heat transfer from
one body to another stop?

2. List down 2 sources of error in this experiment and your suggested solutions for these.

Sources of Error:

Solutions:
EXPERIMENT NO. 106SPECIFIC HEAT OF METALS

Table D1 Heat Transfer between Hot and Cold Water

On Beaker On Calorimeter

Initial mass of water, 𝑚𝑤(𝑔)

Initial temperature of
water, 𝑇0 (℃)
Final Temperature Reading
on Simulator, 𝑇𝑓(℃)
Computed Final
Temperature

Percentage Error

Heat gained/lost by water

Sample Calculation for the Final Temperature:

Table D2 Determination of Specific Heat of Metals

Copper Tin Silver Iron Aluminum

Initial mass of metal,
𝑚𝑚 (𝑔)
Initial temperature of
metal, 𝑇𝑚,0 (℃)
Initial mass of water,
𝑚𝑤 (𝑔)
Initial temperature of
water, 𝑇𝑤,0 (℃)
Final Temperature of
mixture, 𝑇𝑓(℃)
Experimental Specific Heat
cal
of metal 𝑐𝑒𝑥𝑝 ( ∘)
g⋅C
Actual Specific Heat of
cal
metal 𝑐𝑎𝑐𝑡 ( )
g⋅C∘

Sample Calculation for the Specific Heat.