Calorimetry

Practice Questions

Physical Chemistry › Calorimetry

Questions

The heat capacity of a bomb calorimeter assembly is $3.90\ \frac{\textup{kJ}}{^\circ\textup{C}}$ . What is the heat of combustion of $1.1\textup{ g}$ of sucrose in a bomb calorimeter that results in the temperature rising from $22.1\ ^\circ \textup{C}$ to $27.8\ ^\circ\textup{C}$ ?

The heat capacity of a bomb calorimeter assembly is $2.60\ \frac{\textup{kJ}}{^\circ \textup{C}}$ . What is the heat of combustion of $1.65 \textup{ g}$ of caffeine in a bomb calorimeter that results in the temperature rising from $23.3\ ^\circ \textup{C}$ to $31.8\ ^\circ\textup{C}$ ?

Return to subject