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Calculating The Heat Transfer Between Wax and Water.: Lab Report
Calculating The Heat Transfer Between Wax and Water.: Lab Report
Calculating The Heat Transfer Between Wax and Water.: Lab Report
Lab Report
Calculating The Heat Transfer
Between Wax And Water.
Introduction
The heat of crystallization of a substance is the same as the heat of fusion of that same
substance. Heat of crystallization is heat released by the substance and heat of fusion is
heat absorbed by the substance. They are the same amount of heat. When freezing takes
place in a calorimeter, the water will absorb the energy. This can be used to calculate heat
transfer.
Background Info
Problem
How much heat is transferred between solidifying candle wax and 100g of H20?
Materials
● Water
● Two Beakers
● Hot Plate
● Test Tube With Wax Inside
● Thermometer
● Styrofoam Cup
● Test Tube Tongs
Procedure
1.) Fill a 250-mL beaker with 100 mL of water. Place on a hot plate and bring the water
completely melted.
4.) Measure 100-mL of cold tap water into a graduated cylinder (front of room) and
pour it into the Styrofoam cup. Place a thermometer into the Styrofoam cup and
sample up to the light and watch carefully for the first sign of cloudiness. This
indicates the beginning of solidification. It will start at the bottom of the test tube, so
watch there!
6.) At the instant solidification starts, measure and record the temperature of the water
in the Styrofoam cup. Immediately place the test tube into the cup.
7.) Rotate the test tube while the wax solidifies. Record the maximum temperature
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reached by the water.
Data
The answer that I got was that the heat gained by 1.2343 inside of the Styrofoam cup.
This would be considered an exothermic process because there was 1.254 joules was
released. The amount of heat that was released by the wax was 1.254 joules. Next we
had to calculate the heat of fusion of the wax which we did using this math (shown
below.
Q=mtte 1.254/8.26=151.8159806
The percent error would be 152-42,000/42,000. Some possible reasons for the percent
error value could be because some of the heat had left.
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