TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

LABORATORY EXPERIMENT NO. 3

CALIBRATION OF TEMPERATURE

GROUP NO. 10: DATE PERFORMED:

LEADER: IBIAS, ERNESTO III C. DATE SUBMITTED:
MEMBER:
DIOCAMPO, TRISTAN C.
OTADOY, KIRK THADDEU R.
RODELAS, SELWYN ELIJAH C.
UGERIO, EDUARD P.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- TO CALIBRATE THE ACCURACY OF THE TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE THAT WILL BE
CONDUCTED IN THIS EXPERIMENT
- COMPARE THE ACTUAL DATA TO THE CALIBRATED OR MEASURING DEVICE DATA BY
COMPUTING THE %ERROR
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES:
AT THE END OF THE EXPERIMENT THE STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
1) LEARN HOW TO MEASURE PROPERLY BY MEANS OF USING THE THERMOMETER
2) CALIBRATE THE TEMPERATURE ACCURACY OF THE TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE
3) ASSES THE MARGIN OF ERROR BETWEEN THE COMPUTED TEMPERATURE VS THE CALIBRATED
TEMPERATURE TAKEN BY THE MEASURING DEVICE(THERMOMETER)
DISCUSSION:
OBSERVE ON HOW TO PROPERLY CALIBRATE EACH KETTLE BY THEIR RECOMMENDED
SETTING TIME AS RECOMMENDED BY THE INSTRUCTOR MAKE SURE THAT EACH LIQUIDS ARE COOLED
OR BOILED EXACTLY OR APPROXIMATELY ITS BOILING POINT OR COOLING POINT, SINCE THE POINT OF
THIS EXPERIMENT IS TO CALIBRATE SEARCH FOR ANY MARGIN OF ERRORS IN EACH TRAIL TESTS BASE
ON THE TEMPERATURE GIVEN ON EACH TRIALS, THEN COMPARE THE RESULTS WITH ACTUAL
COMPUTATION AND THE RAW VALUE GIVEN BY THE TEMPERATURE CALIBRATOR.
MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT:

 THERMOMETER,
 BURNER
 KETTLE/PAN
 WATER
 ICE
 CIRCULAR COVER WITH LABEL
PROCEDURE:
1) PREPARE ALL THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT AND LIQUIDS THAT ARE TO BE COOLED OR BOILED
2) POUR THE REQUIRED VOLUME OF WATER NEEDED ON THE KETTLE AND PLACE IT INSIDE THE
BURNER
3) INSERT THE THERMOMETER AT THE KETTLE/PAN BEFORE PUTTING IT ON THE BURNER
4) SET THE BURNER TO MAXIMUM HEAT IN ORDER TO START THE BOILING PROCESS
 5) ONCE THE THERMOMETER REACHES THE BOILING POINT KEEP AN EYE ON THE READINGS AND
STOP THE BURNER ONCE THE DESIRED DEGREE TEMPERATURE IS REACHED
6) RECORD THE DATA GIVEN BY THE THERMOMETER.
DATA AND RESULTS

Thermometer Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3

A-T 100 100 100
B-V 89 89 89
C-S 99 100 100

OBSERVATION:
IT COULD IMMEDIATELY OBSERVED THAT THE BOTH THERMOMETER A AND THERMOMETER B YIELDS
THE SAME EXACT TEMPERATURE IN THE 3 TRIALS, WHILE THE CONTAINER THERMOMETER C SHOWS A
LITTLE BIT OF DISCREPANCY WHEN IT COMES TO THE CALIBRATION OF TEMPERATURE
ANALYSIS:
THERMOMETER ‘C’ YIELDED A SLIGHT DISCREPANCY ON TRIAL 1 COMPARED TO THE SECOND AND
THIRD TRIALS AS IT SHOWS THAT IT IS 1 DEGREE TEMPERATURE AWAY FROM TRIAL 2 AND 3,
MEANWHILE BOTH THERMOMETER ‘A’ AND THERMOMETER ‘B’ WITH THERMOEMETER V SHOWS
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EXPERIMENT WITH THE THREE TRIALS THAT THE DEGREE IN
TEMPERATURE FOR BOTH ARE CONSTANTLY THE SAME AND DID NOT CHANGE IN ALL THREE TRIALS
DONE
CONCLUSION:
THE EXPERIMENT SHOWS THAT THERMOMETER A AND B IS CALIBRATED PROPERLY WHILE
THERMOMETER C IS NOT THIS MAY SHOW THAT THE HOT TEMPERATURE TAKEN BY THE
THERMOMETER IS EITHER APPROXIMATELY NEAR TO THE ACTUAL VALUE OR THERE IS A HUMAN
ERROR THAT IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
IT IS THEREFORE CONCLUDED THAT THERMOMETER A AND B IS PROPERLY CALIBRATED WHILE
THERMOMETER C IS NOT AS THERE IS AN ERROR ALTHOUGH THE %ERROR IS MINIMAL IT DOES NOT
SHOW THE ACCURACY THAT THERMOMETER A AND B HAS.

RECOMMENDATION:
IT IS RECOMMENDED TO TIME YOUR EXPERIMENT IN ORDER TO PROPERLY CALIBRATE THE
TEMPERATURE RATHER THAN LOOKING AT THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE AS THERE COULD BE A
HUMAN ERROR TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN JUST OBSERVING.