Name: Date Submitted: August 15, 2016

C, Yr & Section : BSCpE 2-1

Experiment No. 3
SPECIFIC HEAT OF SOLIDS

I. RESULT AND DISCUSSION

Specimen
Kind of metal Coper
Mass of metal, mm 27.9 g
Mass of inner cup of calorimeter, mv 96.8 g
Mass of cup and water 300.3 g
Mass of water (cold), mw 204 g
Initial temperature of cold water, Tw 7.29 C
Initial temperature of heated metal, Tm 95 C
Final equilibrium temperature of the mixture, Tf
8 C

Specific heat of water, Cw 4187 J/kg C

Specific heat of calorimeter, Cv 390 J/kg C
Specific heat of metal, Cm 390 J/kg C
Accepted Value 390 J/kg C
Experimental Value 390.2000577 J/kg
C
Percentage Difference 0.05129 %
 II. COMPUTATION AND ANALYSIS

1. Compute the specific heat of the metal by using the equation obtained by the
method of heat mixtures.

QW + QC = QM (SPECIFIC HEAT)

Mw (Cw)Tw + Mc (Cc)Tc = Mm (Cm)Tm

0.204 kg (4187 J/kg C ) (8C 7.23 C) + 0.963 kg (390 J/kg C) (8C 7.23 C) = 0.279 kg (Cm )(95C 8 C)

6833.184 J/kg C -854.148 J/kg C (7.23) +3004.56 J/kg C -375.57 J/kg C (7.23) = 2.4273 Cm

9837.744 J/kg C 1229.718 J/kg C (7.23) = 2.4273 Cm

947.1326 J/kg C 2.4273 J/kg C (Cm)

=
2.4273 J/kg C 2.4273 J/kg C

Cm = 390.2000577 J/kg C

2. Calculate the percentage difference between the experimentally obtained value of the
specific of the material used and the accepted value.

% Error = x 100%

J J
390kgC390.200577 kgC
% Error = J x 100%
390 C
kg

% Error = 0.5129 %
III. REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Why is the mass of the outer shell of the calorimeter not included in the data for the
experiment?

2. Why should the hot metal be dried first before it is introduced in the cold water
contained in the vessel?

3. What is equilibrium temperature?

4. What is the effect of the temperature change to the amount of heat content of the
substance?

5. Form the results of the experiments, how will you define specific heat capacity?