MINI-LAB -- What is the Temperature of a Bunsen Burner Flame?

(Come on admit it – you’ve been wondering about this and you know it – don’t deny it!)

Purpose: To use our knowledge of HEAT to determine experimentally the temperature of a Bunsen
burner flame.

Intro Challenge: OH NO!! All the lab balances are broken and you really need to know the mass of a
sample of copper metal. So you come up with a very creative way to solve this problem. You place the
unknown mass of copper in boiling water (100.0°C) for several minutes. You then quickly transfer the
copper metal into a foam cup calorimeter containing 175. mL of water at a temperature of 23.2°C. After
stirring, the temperature of the water in the cup increases to 27.9°C.
Using the principle of heat gained = heat lost, calculate the mass of this sample of copper metal.
(Note: the specific heat capacity of copper (CCu) = 0.385 J/g°C)

Materials: calorimeter, water, 1 steel nut (Fe), Bunsen burner, nichrome wire, temperature probe

Procedure: You need to determine your procedure. No need to write it out.

Data:
WATER IRON METAL
Calculations: Clearly show all of your work.
Please circle your final answer for the temperature of the Bunsen Burner Flame.

One More Final Challenge: A 4.00 gram piece of platinum metal is heated up in an oven for an hour
and then dropped into a foam cup calorimeter containing 105 grams of water at a temperature of 22.0°C.
After stirring, the water’s temperature has increased to 23.1°C. Determine the temperature of the oven.
(CPt = 0.133 J/g°C)