Surnames: _______________________________________________________________________

Course, year & Section: _____________________ Date: ______________ Group No. _______

LABORATORY REPORT FOR EXPERIMENT NO. 8

SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY OF SOLIDS
Table 1:

GAIL Solid specimen GAIL Aluminum Copper

NOREEN
PEREZ Mass of inner vessel with stirrer NOREEN 36.3 g 36.3 g

Mass of vessel with stirrer and water GAIL 176.5 g 142.4 g

Mass of solid specimen NOREEN 29.1 g 104.7 g

Initial temperature of solid specimen GAIL 100°C 100 °C

Initial temperature of vessel, stirrer and water 30 °C 30 °C

NOREEN

Equilibrium temperature of the mixture GAIL 33°C 35°C

COMPU
TATIONS:

1. Calculate Mass of Water: NOREEN

Solid Specimen: aluminum Solid Specimen: copper

______________________ ______________________
176.5 – 36.3 = 140.2 g
142.4 – 36.3 = 106.1g

2. Temperature changed (ΔT) of Solid Specimen NOREEN

Solid Specimen: ______________________ Solid Specimen: ______________________

Aluminum Aluminum
100- 33= 67 °C 100-35=65 °C
 3. Temperature changed (ΔT) of vessel and water GAIL

Solid Specimen: Aluminum Solid Specimen: copper

33-30=3°C 35-30=5°C

4. Computation of Specific heat of solid specimen (experimental) GAIL

Solid Specimen: ______________________

Solid Specimen: ______________________

5. Determine the percentage error for each rod. NOREEN

|experimental value−theoretical value|

%error = x 100
theoretical value

Solid Specimen: Aluminum

Solid Specimen: Copper

Note: Theoretical values of specific heat capacities of solid specimen:

Aluminum: c = 0.220 cal/g C˚ Copper: c = 0.093 cal/g C˚

Tabulation of Results:

Solid specimen GAIL aluminum copper

Mass of water NOREEN 140.2 106.1

 Temperature changed of solid GAIL 67 °C 65°C

Temperature changed of vessel and water 3 °C 5 °C

NOREEN

Specific heat of solid specimen (experimental) 2.481 °C 0.589°C

GAIL

Specific heat of solid specimen (theoretical 0.220 cal/g °C 0.093cal/g °C

value) NOREEN

Percentage error NOREEN 36 % 122 %

ANALYSIS: PEREZ

Factors that affect the result on each rod. Temperature for it greatly determines the
characteristics of each rod because it has its own unique properties such as aluminum
having a high thermal conductivity while copper is used in wiring and conductor for
electricity.
The mass of the material (rod) determines the amount of energy it can contain which can
determine which of the two rods is most suitable for heat containment.

CONCLUSION: PEREZ

The specific heat is solely based on the material itself because no matter the amount of
energy that enters an object it falls down to the material capacity and characteristics to
handle the enter that enters.

QUESTIONS AND APPLICATIONS: PEREZ

1. Define heat and temperature.

Heat is energy that travels from one object to another when it comes into contact
with another. it is also known as kinetic heat that cannot be lost only transferred to
another substance. For example, whenever the train waits for its passenger to come
 aboard it, leaves its door open for a duration of time while the air conditioner is still
running, this is where kinetic energy enters because as long as the door is open the
area inside the train will not be so cold it will have kinetic energy inside of the train
until it is time for the train to travel, where the train door closed and the train will be
cold inside because the cold overwhelm the heat that entered while it was waiting
for the passenger to come aboard.

The measurement of heat or kinetic energy, this is achieved with an instrument

called a thermometer that tells the amount of kinetic energy that is contained also
known as the numerical value of heat whether this is in terms of solid object, liquid
substance and gas it can show how high or low it is.

2. What is the relationship between heat and temperature?

Heat is the kinetic energy while temperature is the numerical reading on the amount of
kinetic energy present. The relationship between this two is very beneficial in the field of
research because there are some circumstances where heat can affect an experiment, for
instance when it come to creation of fabric heat is used to determine its strength and
weakness as for the temperature it can give the numerical value of heat to show how
durable it is and what are its limitations.

Its relationship is also applied on a molecular level, for instance solid state, liquid state, gas
state since heat is kinetic energy it is used to measure the durability of each state, which
state will heated up much faster and to determine the amount temperature can show
which of these state has the largest amount.