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Calori Meter and Conductivity Experiment-2

This experiment aimed to determine the material of a calorimeter and two rods through measurements of specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity. The experiment involved measuring the temperature change of a calorimeter and two rods when heated using a stove. Based on the temperature readings and calculations, the calorimeter was determined to be aluminum and the rods were determined to be brass and steel, with an error percentage of 191.7% likely due to experimental inaccuracies.

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Calori Meter and Conductivity Experiment-2

This experiment aimed to determine the material of a calorimeter and two rods through measurements of specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity. The experiment involved measuring the temperature change of a calorimeter and two rods when heated using a stove. Based on the temperature readings and calculations, the calorimeter was determined to be aluminum and the rods were determined to be brass and steel, with an error percentage of 191.7% likely due to experimental inaccuracies.

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CALORI METER AND CONDUCTIVITY

EXPERIMENT
Jessica Patricia Henricus XIA3/18

OBJECTIVES EXPERIMENT 2: RODS


To determine the material of the calorimeter from the Prepare a statif and clamp as an apparatus to hold 2
specific heat capacity by conduction thermometers and 1 rod
To determine the materials of the rods from the specific Clip the 2 thermometers vertically on the upper part of the
heat capacity by conduction statif and make sure they touch the rod. Create a distance
between the thermometers
Clip the rod (horizontally) on the lower part of the statif
BASIC THEORY Heat some of the ends of the rod with an electric stove
A calorimeter is a device used to measure the heat flow of a Measure and calculate the area of the end part of the rod
chemical reaction or physical change. The process of that is heated on the stove
measuring this heat is called calorimetry. The basic Measure the area of the electric stove’s burner
principle is that heat released by the combustion chamber Measure the reading of the thermometers while the rod is
increases the temperature of the water in a measurable being heated
way. The temperature change may then be used to Change the distance between the thermometers throughout
calculate the enthalpy change per mole of substance A the experiment, and measure the readings
when substances A and B are reacted. The equation used is Repeat step 1-8 for 2 different rods
q = Cv(Tf - Ti)
Meanwhile Conductivity is the measure of the ease at which DATA
an electric charge or heat can pass through a material. A
Thermometer calibration Calorimeter
conductor is a material which gives very little resistance to
the flow of an electric current or thermal energy. Materials
are classified as metals, semiconductors, and insulators.
Metals are the most conductive and insulators (ceramics,
wood, plastics) the least conductive.

Thermal conduction
APPARATUS AND MATERIALS

Calculation
K1= 445.69
K2= 328.32
K3= 293.56
K avg= 355.867
% Error= 191.7 %
PROCEDURE
EXPERIMENT 1: CALORIMETER ANALYSIS
Label 4 thermometers (A,B,C,D), then place all 4 Based on the experiment that we conducted, we could
thermometers into the same beaker filled with room identify the rods as brass and steel based on the K that we
temperature water, to calibrate the thermometers got. The percentage of error based on the calculation
Prepare a beaker and metal block, then fill the it to 80 ml reached 191.7 %. This much of error percentage could be
Place the metal block inside the beaker then put the caused by several reasons such as human error, the
beaker on top of an electric stove condition of the apparatus used, miscalculation or our
Prepare the statif and clamp, then hang thermometer on inaccuracy during the experiment. From our experiment,
the statif and clamp, until the thermometer touched the the material of the calorimeter is aluminium.
block inside the beaker
Turn on the electric stove (600 W)
CONCLUSION
Observe the thermometer ,when the thermometer So the conclusion to this experiment is that the calorimeter
reaches 80°C - 90 ℃ grab the metal block inside the material is alumnium, the materials of the rods are brass
beaker and steel and the percentage of error that we got reached
Place the metal block into the calorimeter 191.7 % due to several errors and inaccuracy.
Observe the thermometer then record the temperature
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