EXPERIMENT REPORT

Calorie Work

Name

: Ginung Pratigena Surapraja

NPM

: 1406545365

Faculty

: Faculty of Engineering

Major

: Electrical Engineering

Experiment Code : KR-02

Experiment Week : II

Unit Pelaksana Pendidikan Ilmu Pengetahuan Dasar

(UPP-IPD)
Universitas Indonesia

Depok
I.

Experiment Objective

II.

Equipment

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

III.

Calculating the value of the heat capacity of a wire conductor.

Source voltage that can be varied

The wire conductor (mass 2 g)
thermometer
Voltmeter and Amperemeter
Adjustable power supply
Camcorders
Unit along with the DAQ PC and automatic control devices

Theory

The relations of conservation of energy states that energy cant be

destroyed or created. Energy can only be transformed from one form
to another. At this time the experiment will be conducted energy
conversion of electrical energy into heat energy. The electrical energy
produced by a power supply on a conductor that has a resistance
expressed by the equation:
.................................................. . (1)
whereas
W = electrical energy (joules)
v = Voltage (volts)
i = electric current (amperes)
t = time / long flow of electricity (second)
Heat energy generated by the wire conductor is expressed in
temperature to rise.
The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a substance is
expressed by the equation
.................................................. ..... (2)
whereas
Q = amount of heat required (calories)
m = mass of substance (g)
c = specific heat of substance (cal / gr0C)
Ta = final temperature of a substance (K)
T = initial temperature (K)

A wire is wound on a temperature sensor. The cable will be electrified

so that dissipate heat energy. Temperature changes that occur will be
observed by the sensor then recorded by the instrumentation system.
The voltage applied to the wire can be changed so that the
temperature of fruits can vary according to the applied voltage.

IV.

Experiment Procedure

RLab experiments can be done by clicking the button rLab at the bottom of
this page.
1. Turn on the web cam! (click on the video icon on the web page r-Lab)!
2. Apply a voltage of V0 to the wire conductor!
3. Turn on the Power Supply with snaps into the radio button next to
them.
4. Take the data changes in temperature, voltage and electric current in
the conductor wire every 1 second for 10 seconds by means snaps into
"icon" measure "!
5. Pay attention to the temperature of the wire is visible on the web cam,
wait until close to the initial temperature when given V0.
6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 for voltages V1, V2 and V3

V.

Evaluation

1. Based on the data obtained, Make a graph illustrating the relationship

between temperature and time for each voltage applied to the
conductor wire.
2. For voltages V1, V2 and V3, compute the value of the heat capacity (c)
of the wire conductor is used.
3. Based on the value of c that you get, specify the type of wire
conductors are used.

VI.

Observation Data

Based on the experiment, we got a data of time, v, I, and temperature

a. V0

No Wakt
u
1 3
2 6
3 9
4 12
5 15
6 18
7 21
8 24
9 27
10 30

Temp

23.84
23.84
23.84
23.84
23.84
23.84
23.84
23.84
23.84
23.84

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

23.4
23.4
23.4
23.4
23.5
23.4
23.4
23.4
23.4
23.4

Temp

35.36
35.25
35.36
35.25
35.36
35.36
35.36
35.36
35.36
35.36

0.65
0.66
0.65
0.66
0.65
0.65
0.65
0.65
0.65
0.65

23.3
23.4
23.6
23.7
23.9
24.0
24.1
24.3
24.3
24.4

Temp

51.56
51.56

1.59
1.59

24.4
24.8

b. V1

no Wakt
u
1 3
2 6
3 9
4 12
5 15
6 18
7 21
8 24
9 27
10 30
c. V2

no Wakt
u
1 3
2 6

3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

9
12
15
18
21
24
27
30

51.56
51.56
51.56
51.56
51.56
51.56
51.56
51.56

1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59

25.6
26.5
27.4
28.3
29.0
29.7
30.3
30.9

Temp

42.32
42.21
42.21
42.32
42.21
42.32
42.21
42.21
42.32
42.32

1.07
1.07
1.07
1.07
1.07
1.07
1.07
1.07
1.07
1.07

29.6
29.3
29.1
29.1
29.2
29.2
29.3
29.6
30.0
30.7

d. V3

no Wakt
u
1 3
2 6
3 9
4 12
5 15
6 18
7 21
8 24
9 27
10 30

We also got the experiment table as below

VII. Data Processing

1. Tegangan V1
a. Data: Massa kawat = 2 gram
i. Tegangan = 0,65 volt
ii. Perubahan waktu = takhir-tawal = 27 sekon
iii. Besar arus listrik = 35,36 Ampere

C=

V i t
m(T akhir T Awal )

C=

( 0,65. 35,36 . 27 )
J
=282
C
2 ( 24,423,3 )

2. Tegangan V2
a. Data: Massa kawat = 2 gram
i. Tegangan = 1,59 volt
ii. Perubahan waktu = takhir-tawal = 27 sekon
iii. Besar arus listrik = 51,56 Ampere

C=

C=

V i t
m(T akhir T Awal )

( 1,59 . 51,56 .27 )

J
=170,26
C
2 ( 30,924,4 )

3. Tegangan V3
a. Data: Massa kawat = 2 gram
i. Tegangan = 1,07 volt

ii. Perubahan waktu = takhir-tawal = 27 sekon

iii. Besar arus listrik = 42,32Ampere

C=

C=

V i t
m(T akhir T Awal )

( 1,07 . 42,32 . 27 )
J
=555,7
C
2 ( 30,729,6 )

4. Rata-rata C =

282+170,26+ 555,7
=
3

336

J
C

VIII. Analysis

This experiment called "Calorie Work". This experiment was conducted

with RLab, by doing lab work using a computer that has been
connected to the Internet.
Practitioner can perform lab without having to come to the lab, the
practitioner can experiment anywhere as long as it can connect to the
internet. The instrument used was using the native tools are displayed
via webcam. This experiment was carried out with the electricity flow
in a particular wire. Then there is a change in the temperature of the
wire is electrified. So it is evident that the law of conservation of
energy applies where the energy is not going away and will only
change the shape, in this experiment is the change in the form of
electrical energy into heat energy, due to the temperature changes.
There are three different measurements with V in these experiments,
including experiments with 0V, 0,67V, 1,62V and 1,08V. I can not find
what kind of wire is used because of the results I get very large. I do
not know why my results are very large, there are several possible

causes for the results I get are very large, the first is the possibility of
errors in processing the data, the second is the possibility of error in
the use of the formula. And I've been looking for ways to minimize
errors that can occur by doing literature searches ranging from books
to the Internet. But there is also the possibility that the results I get
right because there is literature that explains that when the value of
the specific heat is small, it indicates that the object has a high
conductivity because it can raise the temperature with little energy.
On the other hand for objects which have a large specific heat,
meaning the object requires a large amount of energy to raise its
temperature. The thing that kind of high heat, low conductivity means.
So it is possible the results are great.
For that I get the heat capacity is in accordance with the theory that
heat in the wire will be proportional to the change in voltage and
current, but with inversely proportional to the heat capacity is the
same in all three experiments, the heat capacity obtained will be
almost the same in all three experiments.

IX.

Conclusion

- When the electrified wire, then the wire temperature will rise.
- The greater the voltage that flows through the wire, the higher
temperatures will occur in the wire.

X.

References
Giancoli, D.C.; Physics for Scientists & Engeeners, Third Edition,
Prentice Hall, NJ, 2000.
Halliday, Resnick, Walker; Fundamentals of Physics, 7th Edition,
Extended Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NJ, 2005.