NAROSA RUEN VINCENT A.

JUNE 6, 2022
Family Name First Name M.I. Date Submitted

SATURDAY
BSEE I-9 NONE FOUR (7:00 A.M.-10:00
A.M.)
Course Yr & Section Major Group No.
Class Schedule

PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS LAB

Subject
SPECIFIC HEAT
Experiment Title

I. OBJECTIVE (S)
To measure the specific heat of several different substances. This will be done by mixing two
different substances and measuring their initial temperatures and then measuring their final temperature as
they come to thermal equilibrium.

II. APPARATUS
 Calorimeter
 Celsius thermometer
 Beaker
 Electric hot plate
III. MATERIALS
 String
 Various metals
 Copper (Cu)
 Zinc (Zn)
 Tin (Sn)

Heat lost by the hot substance = Heat gained by the cold substance
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Specific heat = Heat lost by the metal

Mass of metal × change in its temperature

cm = Heat lost by the metal

mm(Ti,m − Tf)
IV. OBSERVATIONS and RESULTS

1. The beaker was filled about half full of water. Then it was placed on the hot
plate and started boiling the water. This will take several minutes.
2. The mass of the given metal was measured. And all the data was recorded on the data
table.
3. A string was attached to the metal, and then it was lowered into the hot water. The metal
was completely submerged under the water. Allow the metal to sit in the water
throughout the boiling process and for 5 minutes while the water is boiling. With the
metal being in the boiling water for this much time, then an assumption was made that
the temperature of the metal is the same as the temperature of the boiling water.
4. The mass of water was measured, mw
5. The initial temperature of cold water was measured, Ti,w.
6. The temperature of boiling water was measured. It was equal to the initial
temperature of the hot metal, Ti,m.
7. The string was used to pulled our the metal of the boiling water and
carefully transferred it to the calorimeter cup containing the cold water.
8. The cold water was stirred and watched as the temperature of the cold water
rises. When it reached its highest value (it stops increasing), the
temperature was read as the final equilibrium temperature, Tf.
9. The specific heat of the metal was calculated. And the calculation was shown below in
the data table.

Specific heat = Heat lost by the metal

Mass of metal × change in its temperature

cm = Heat lost by the metal

mm(Ti,m − Tf)
 Experiment Data Table

Mass of Mass of

Type of metal water

Metal mm mw

(g) (g)

1. Copper (Cu) 58 g 50 g

2. Zinc (Zn) 58 g 50 g

3. Tin (Sn) 58 g 50 g

Experiment Data Table

Initial temp Initial temp Specific

Final temp heat of

Type of of hot metal of cold water
Tf metal
Metal Ti,m Ti,w
◦ cm
◦ ◦ ( C)
( C) ( C)
◦
(cal/g C)
1. Copper (Cu) ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
100 C 22.6 C 28.7 C 0.07 cal/g C

2. Zinc (Zn) ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
100 C 22.6 C 29.0 C 0.08 cal/g C

3. Tin (Sn) ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
100 C 22.0 C 26.4 C 0.05 cal/g C
V. DISCUSSION of RESULTS

The results showed that the heat collected by water or another substance is equivalent to
the heat emitted by another substance in contact with it. This clearly demonstrates how heat
transfers from hotter to cooler objects. This heat behavior persists. Both things reach thermal
equilibrium, proving that heat loss equals heat gain. As a result, copper has 0.07 cal/g◦C, zinc has
0.08 cal/g◦C, and tin 0.05 has cal/g◦C, specific heat. Furthermore, while doing an experiment
may not produce an exact result when compared to the accepted value, calculating the percentage
error may be a method of testing studies to see if they are close to the predicted value.

VI. CONCLUSION
Overall, water is important in this experiment because of its high heat capacity, which lowers
temperature changes. This experiment also shows how heat traveled from hotter to cooler items and how
thermal equilibrium is achieved. And heat gain is equal to heat loss.