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    Learning Acitvity #1 Calorimetry

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    This document describes a calorimetry learning activity involving 11 questions. Students use a simulator to determine temperature changes when combining substances like iron, water, ammonium nitrate, and calcium chloride. The key relationships learned are that heat is proportional to mass and temperature change, and can be calculated using the formula Q=mcΔT, where Q is heat, m is mass, c is specific heat, and ΔT is temperature change. Students also use the activity to determine unknown specific heats. The main takeaways are understanding these relationships and how calorimetry can be used to measure heat changes during physical and chemical processes.

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    This document describes a calorimetry learning activity involving 11 questions. Students use a simulator to determine temperature changes when combining substances like iron, water, ammonium nitrate, and calcium chloride. The key relationships learned are that heat is proportional to mass and temperature change, and can be calculated using the formula Q=mcΔT, where Q is heat, m is mass, c is specific heat, and ΔT is temperature change. Students also use the activity to determine unknown specific heats. The main takeaways are understanding these relationships and how calorimetry can be used to measure heat changes during physical and chemical processes.

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    This document describes a calorimetry learning activity involving 11 questions. Students use a simulator to determine temperature changes when combining substances like iron, water, ammonium nitrate, and calcium chloride. The key relationships learned are that heat is proportional to mass and temperature change, and can be calculated using the formula Q=mcΔT, where Q is heat, m is mass, c is specific heat, and ΔT is temperature change. Students also use the activity to determine unknown specific heats. The main takeaways are understanding these relationships and how calorimetry can be used to measure heat changes during physical and chemical processes.

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    Learning Acitvity #1 Calorimetry

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    This document describes a calorimetry learning activity involving 11 questions. Students use a simulator to determine temperature changes when combining substances like iron, water, ammonium nitrate, and calcium chloride. The key relationships learned are that heat is proportional to mass and temperature change, and can be calculated using the formula Q=mcΔT, where Q is heat, m is mass, c is specific heat, and ΔT is temperature change. Students also use the activity to determine unknown specific heats. The main takeaways are understanding these relationships and how calorimetry can be used to measure heat changes during physical and chemical processes.

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    “Calorimetry”

    Learning Activity #1 (Group 6)

    Questions and Analysis

    1. Determine the final temperature of a mixture of 50 grams of water at 10 C added to 120 grams of water
    at 80 C. Show your solution. Use the simulator to check your answer.

    2. Use the simulator to determine the temperature change of 80 grams of water initially at 20 C (Note:
    When adding metals to water, the water temperature always starts at 20 C, you do not need to set this
    parameter.) when a 15-gram piece of iron at 150 C is placed in it. (To select iron, click on the “solids''
    tab and use the pop-up menu.)
    3. Click the “show graph view” box and then click “replay” for the experiment in #2. How do the two lines
    on the graph compare? What is the main conclusion you can draw from the graph?

    The picture above shows the comparison line of temperature between iron (Fe) and water (H2O). The graph
    view shows that when iron came into touch with water, its temperature dropped. When iron and water mixed
    together, a final temperature of 22.56 C was produced.

    4. How much heat energy in joules, q, did the water gain in the experiment in #2? Use the formula: q =
    (m)(c)(T) where m = mass of water being heated in grams; c = specific heat of water = (4.18 J/g C); and
    T = the change in the water’s temperature in degrees Celsius.
    5. Use the simulator to add 20 grams of solid ammonium nitrate (default temperature is 20 C ) to 100
    grams of water initially at 20 C (Note: The ammonium nitrate is under the “solids” tab.) and determine
    the temperature change of the water.

    6. How much energy, in kilojoules, did the water lose in the experiment in #5? (Use q = (m)(c)(T) and
    then convert joules to kilojoules.)

    7. If the formula of ammonium nitrate is NH4NO3, determine how many moles of the solid were dissolved
    in the water in the experiment in #5.
    8. Calculate the heat of the solution of ammonium nitrate in kJ/mol by dividing the kJ answer from #6 by
    the mol answer in #7. (Round to three significant figures.)

    9. Use the simulator to add 20 grams of solid calcium chloride (default temperature is 20 C ) to 100 grams
    of water initially at 20 C (Note: You have to scroll down the pop-up menu under the “solids” tab.) and
    determine the temperature change of the water.
    10. Conduct an experiment to determine the specific heat, c, for unknown metal #1 (under solid tab). Use
    the formula: c = (q)/(m)(T) where q = heat the metal lost; m = mass of the metal; and T = the change in
    temperature of the metal (metal and water end at same temperature value). (Note: An assumption in
    this type of calorimetry problem is that in an ideal system the heat the metal lost = heat the water
    gained.) Use a set up like you did in the experiment in #2 above to determine how much heat, q, the
    WATER GAINED and use this value for “q” of the metal, that is, the heat the METAL LOST. Be sure
    to briefly describe your experiment, record all measurements made, and to show all calculations for
    determining the specific heat of the metal.From the specific heat obtained, identify the metal
    11.
    Based on our solution, we determined that the unknown metal is Zinc.

    Generalization
    1. What is the relationship among the variables: heat, mass, specific heat, and change in temperature?

    ● Owing to the fact that the transferred heat is equal to the change in the internal energy, the heat is proportional to
    the mass of the substance and the temperature change.The specific heat c is a property of the substance; its SI unit
    is J/(kg ⋅ K) or J/(kg ⋅ ºC).

    2. `What is/are the key take-aways from this activity?

    ● Unlike the total heat capacity, the specific heat capacity is independent of mass or volume. It describes
    how much heat must be added to a unit of mass of a given substance to raise its temperature by one
    degree Celsius. The units of specific heat capacity are J/(kg °C) or equivalently J/(kg K).
    ● The mass m, specific heat c, change in temperature ΔT, and heat added or subtracted Q are related by
    the equation: Q=mcΔT.
    ● Values of specific heat are dependent on the properties and phase of a given substance. Since they
    cannot be calculated easily, they are empirically measured and available for reference in tables.
    ● Specific heat capacity: The amount of heat that must be added (or removed) from a unit mass of a
    substance to change its temperature by one degree Celsius. It is an intensive property.
    ● A calorimeter is used to measure the heat generated (or absorbed) by a physical change or chemical
    reaction. The science of measuring these changes is known as calorimetry.
    ● In order to do calorimetry, it is crucial to know the specific heats of the substances being measured.

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