Find the Heat Capacity (Calorimeter Constant) of a Calorimeter.

The basic principle behind the calculation is that energy is conserved. Therefore, the amount of heat lost by the hot water has to be the same as the amount of heat gained by the calorimeter and cold water. The amount of heat lost by the hot water is given by
Hwarm = ( specific heat of water) x (grams of solution) x ( )

where Csp is the specific heat capacity of water, and is equal to 4.184 J g!". The amount of heat gained by the calorimeter is given by
Hcool = ( specific heat of water) x (grams of solution) x ( )

#ince in order to conserve energy,

The heat gained by the calorimeter is the difference between the heat lost by the warmer water and the heat gained by the cooler water. Because Hwarm is a negative quantity, Hcalorimeter can be expressed as follows:

$%&'Twarm(&gwarm(&spec. heat()*%&'Tcool(&gcool(&spec. heat()+ Cp&'Tcool(

Hcalorimeter = - ( Hwarm + Hcool )

#ince Csp, the mass of the water, and the temperatures are all ,nown, Ccal is easily solved for.

Example calculation. To determine the heat capacity of the calorimeter, a student added 50 m warm water to a calorimeter containing 50 m of room temperature water. The following temperatures were recorded:

Temperature of 50 m warm water: !".#$% Temperature of 50 m room temperature water: #&.#$% Temperature after mixing: #'.#$% (ensity of water: & g)m

The heat lost by the warm water: Hwarm = ( ! g) x (".#$" %&g-oC) x ('(.'- )$.' *C) = - #$$) +oules The heat gained by the cool water: Hcool = ( ! g) (".#$" %&g- oC) ('(.' - '#.'*C) = + #,-" +oules The heat lost to the calorimeter is the difference between the heat lost by the warm water and the heat gained by the room temperature water: Hcalorimeter = - ( #$$) + #,-" ) +oules= + '!( +oules The heat capacity of this calorimeter is: Ccalorimeter = + '!( +oules & ('(.' - '#.'*C) = + ',.# +oules & *C -etermination of Hrxn Calculations. /our calculations will be in two parts, determination of heat of reaction, qr0n, and calculation of the molar heat of reaction 'H r0n To calculate qrxn you use

To calculate the molar heat of reaction, 'H r0n you simply divide the heat of reaction, by the number of moles of reactant

1here nr0n is the number of moles of your limiting reagent. Extrapolation of temperature .s. time for an exothermic reaction.

*ince you will be determining T from your graph, it must be as accurate as possible. The maximum temperature is the intersection of two lines: the best line drawn through the data points on the cooling portion of the curve, and a line drawn perpendicular to the time+axis at the starting time ,when the acid is added to the metal-. The maximum temperature is never recorded because the mixture.s heat loss to the calorimeter.s wall. The maximum temperature will be T max ,the temperature /ust after mixing-.

Things to watch out for a. 2a,e sure that you record the number of your calorimeter, and your thermometer. /ou3ll need them again ne0t wee,, and unless you use the same ones your results will be poor4 b. ma,e sure you begin your temperature measurements as soon as you add your material to the calorimeter. SHOW ALL WORK. 5 piece of silver &5g, 168 g mole( weighing 766.6 g was heated to 166.6 C and then plunged into 166.6 g of 879 &18.6 g mole(, initially at 74.6 C. This was done in an insulated container to minimi:e any heat loss to the surroundings. The final temperature of the mi0ture was found to be ;1.< C. -etermine the molar heat capacity of silver in J mole.C. &Note. The specific heat of 879 is 4.184 J g.C.( heat gained by H2O = heat lost by Ag (4.184 J/g.C) (100 g) (31.7 - 24.0)C = (SHAg) (200 g) (100 - 31.7)C SHAg = 0.236 J/gC Molar heat capacity = (0.236 J/g.C) (108 g/mole)= 25.5 J/mole.C 5. =6.6 m> of 1.6 2 8?9; solution and =6.6 m> of 1.6 2 ?8; solution are placed in a coffee cup calorimeter having a heat capacity of ;6.; J @C. The density of each solution is 1.66 g m> and the specific heat of the solution is 4.76 J g A @C. The original temperature was 7;.< @C and the final temperature was 74.8 @C. -etermine the heat released in the reaction. 8ow much heat is released per mole of ammonium nitrate formedB

6.466 g sample of tristearin &C=<81169C(, a common fat, is combusted in a bomb calorimeter containing ;.<= ,g of water. The heat capacity of the calorimeter was =;7 J @C.

The measured temperature increase was 6.D;8 @ C. -etermine the heat of combustion per gram of fat in both ,J and ,cal &food calories(.