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Showing 7 experiments that use the Energy Transfer - Calorimeter.
Electrical Equivalent of Heat
The purpose of this experiment is to determine the amount of electrical energy that is equivalent to a certain amount of thermal energy. This is accomplished...
Heat of Fusion of Ice
This lab investigates the concept of conservation of energy as applied to calorimetry: In a closed system, the sum of all materials that gain (absorb)...
Calorimetry
This experiment teaches the concept of conservation of energy: In an isolated system, the sum of the heat that flows out of the objects that cool down...
Heat and Temperature
Explore the relationship between heat and temperature by measuring the amount of temperature change in two different volumes of the same fluid, subject...
Specific Heat
Use a temperature sensor to measure the temperature change of a volume of warm water when a cold piece of metal is placed in it. Determine the total amount...
Electrical Equivalent of Heat
Determine the amount of electrical energy (in Joules) that is equivalent to a certain amount of thermal energy (in calories) by measuring the amount of...
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