In an experiment to determine the specific heat capacity of a metal, a 20g of the metal was transferred from boiling water to a lagged...

      

In an experiment to determine the specific heat capacity of a metal, a 20g of the metal was transferred
from boiling water to a lagged copper calorimeter containing cold water. The water was stirred and a
final steady temperature was realized. The following data was recorded:
-initial temperature of cold water and calorimeter =20^oC
-temperature of boiling water =99^oC
-final temperature of water, calorimeter and metal =23.7^oC
-mass of cold water plus calorimeter =130g
mass of calorimeter =50g
Take s.h.c. of water=4200JKg-1K-1, s.h.c. of copper=400JKg-1K-1.
Use the data above to determine:

  

Answers


Moraa
a) The heat gained by the water and calorimeter
Q = mc??w + mc??c = (0.08*4200*3.7) + (0.05*400*3.7)
= 2741.2J
b) The specific heat capacity of the metal
0.1*c*71.3=2741.2
C=2741.2/0.1*71.3 = 381.46JKg-1K-1
c) State the possible sources of error in the value of the s.h.c obtained in the above experiment.
- Heat loss as the metal was being transferred from the boiling water to the calorimeter.
- Error when reading the thermometer (parallax error)
Moraa orina answered the question on April 10, 2018 at 17:56


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