Lab Report On Calorimetry

If there is an additional unmeasured amount of water in the Erlenmeyer flask, then this would reduce the concentration of the HCl, and therefore reduce the molarity. The volume of the amount of HCl solution added would increase, yet the concentration of the HCl would remain the same, which would ultimately result in the molarity of the HCl being lower than in reality.

The boiling point elevation constant for water that was experimentally determined in this analysis was 0.4396 °C/m, which was derived from the slope of the trend line in Figure 2. This is slightly lower than the constant provided in lecture of 0.51 °C/m. This could be due to further evaporation of water from the solutions tested via refractive index after the boiling temperature was recorded.

Purpose: To find the relationship between the mass and the volume of the four samples.

In this experiment, a mixture of unknown #3 was used. That mixture had acid, base, and neutral. We added solvent to the unknown. It is important to know the density of the solvent in order to determine which is the aqueous layer and which is the organic layer. If the solvent that has more density than water, so the organic layer will be the lower layer, while if the solvent has lower density than water, the organic layer will be the upper layer. This will make an error if the determination of the layers was wrong after added the strong acid or the strong base. We added 5% HCl to the mixture in order to separate the base in the aqueous layer and form its salt. Same thing, we add 5% NaOH to the mixture in order to separate the acid and form its salt. In order to recover the base, we add 10% NaOH to the HCl extraction. The result will be salt with a base. Same thing for the acid, in order to recovered it, we added 10% HCl. The reaction will give us salt with an acid. For the neutral, we added sodium sulfate as a drying reagent in order to dry water and separate the neutral part as pure.

The purpose of this lab is to figure out the mass percentage of copper in a penny. Furthermore, by doing this lab we will practice using a spectrophotometer and review the names of equipment such as volumetric glassware, pipets, and volumetric flasks.

Use approximately 2 feet of aluminum foil to wrap around the burner stand and beaker to minimize heat loss.

To reduce this error as much as possible, use a calorimeter made of materials that don't absorb heat easily. The second error is caused by the heat escaping into the surroundings. The percentage error can increase when heat moves out of the vessel and into the environment, which can affect

The dependent variable in the experiment was the temperature and energy absorbed by the water.

Introduction Calorimetry is the measurement of heat absorbed or released during a chemical reaction, and in this experiment calorimetry is used to measure the amount of calories in a variety of snack foods. This is related to the saturated fat content of said snack foods. The experiment is done by setting an apparatus to burn each piece of food under a soda can full of water, this is called soda can calorimetry. A unique setup was used to determine the caloric content in each snack food. The foods used were tortilla corn chips, Lays potato chips, Cheetos Puffs, and Doritos.

In this experiment, the results of the tested materials gave off heat and the change in the temperature was positive because when one substance was added to another the temperature increased. A calorimetric constant is required because the calorimeter that was made is different for every lab group.

There are two possible reactions that can occur during an experiment. The first one is an endothermic reaction, which is when there is a flow of heat coming into the reaction. When this happens, it will be cool to the touch and it results in the products of the reaction having a higher

We will be using 6 different fuels to heat up 100ml of water, and find out the changes of the temperature. We will measure the temperatures of the water before and after the experiment. We will burn heat the water for exactly 2 minutes, and check the changes in temperature. The change in temperature will allow us to work out the energy given off the fuel by using this formula:

Purpose: To measure the heats of reaction for three related exothermic reactions and to verify Hess’s Law of Heat Summation.

The goal for this experiment is to assess the usefulness of a homemade, Styrofoam calorimeter in comparison to a market brand calorimeter when studying the energy and heat associated with chemical reactions such as acid-base and redox reactions. 4

There are many types of calorimeter that can be used to measure the amount of heat energy