Calorimetry- is a method to measure the heat exchange of a process, which can be

physical changes, such as melting, evaporation or it can be a chemical change,

such as acid-base neutralization, dissolution reactions, etc.
Calorimeter- is a device designed to measure heat of reaction or physical changes
and heat capacity.
Principle of calorimetry
Heat energy lost by the hot body = heat energy gained by the cold body
Q = CT (q= amount of heat exchange(J/g * C), C= Heat Capacity of the substance,
T= temperature)
Q= smT (q= amount of heat exchange(J), s= specific heat of the substance(J/g *
C), m= grams of the substance present, T= temperature)
20.0mL H2O 25.0 C Tfinal= 33.8 C
Example
4.82g of an unknown metal is heated to 115.0 C and then placed in 35mL of water
at 28.7 C, which then heats up to 34.5 C. What is the specific heat of the metal?
Q= smT
A 10g iron bar (80C) is dropped into 70mL of water (25C). What is the final
temperature?
Qwater= 4.184 j/g*C
Qiron= 0.46 j/g*C
Q = -q
mTc = -mTc
water = iron

Activity
1. How much heat is needed to raise the temperature of 500g of water from 20C
to 100C?
2. If 200J of heat is added to 25g of iron at a temperature of 15C, what will be
the final temperature? A= 33C
3. How much energy is required to heat up 80g of water from 26C to 48C?