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Pre-lab Hot and Cold

The necessary features of a good calorimeter are :
Should be well insulated.
No leakage, which allows the the heat to escape.
Should have low heat capacity, ideally zero.

2. SpeciBic heat(c) : The speciBic heat is the amount of heat per unit mass required to
raise the temperature by one degree Celsius.

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Whereas, heat capacity(C) is the amount of heat energy required to raise the
temperature of a body a speciBied amount. If the body is uniformly composed of a
mass m of a material of speciBic heat capacity c, then the two quantities are related by

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C = m.c
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3. HCl +NaOH
H O + NaCl
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The reaction is exothermic.
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4. a. qrxn = -6.276 kJ
b. Hrxn = 3.138 kJ/mol

5. Smaller.