DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY FACULTY OF SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I SKF 3013 Laboratory Report Experiment 2 STUDENT’S NAME
& MATRIC NUMBER
1. Ong Suu Wan (D20151070971) (D20151070971) 2. Muhammad Afiq bin Mohammad Dhazari (D20152072019) 3. Yii Yuann Ning (D20152072018)
LECTURER’S NAME
Dr. Aisyah binti Mohamad Sharif
TITLE
Heat of Combustion
OBJECTIVES
1. To determine the calorimeter constant using benzoic acid 2. To determine the heat of combustion of an easily combustible material
APPARATUS AND CHEMICALS
Bomb calorimeter Pallet maker Thermometer (scaled divisions accurate to at least 0.20 0C) Pipette 1.0 cm Volumetric Flask 2 liter Fuse wire Benzoic acid 100 cm3 standardized Na 2CO3 (0,0075 M) Albumin
= 6.98x10-3 mol Heat released in the formation of benzoic acid: = (6.98x10 -3 mol) (13800cal/mol) = 96.324 cal Heat released in the combustion of fuse wire: = (6.98x10 -3 mol) (1400cal/mol) = 9.772 cal Calorimeter constant; W= =
The bomb calorimeter is a very useful tool to have in the lab. It allows us to discover the thermodynamic properties of a substance that is unknown. It accomplishes this by running a known substance in the bomb such as benzoic acid and then comparing the values of the unknown substance such as albumin. The graphs show is what to be expected. They begin with a stable temperature before ignition and a rapid increase after ignition is started. Eventually the graph settles back to an even temperature that is higher than the starting temperature. This behaviour occurs because of the nature of a combustion reaction. As the material is being combusted bonds are breaking and this requires energy to be released in the form of thermal energy. This energy is then transferred to the water and the temperature is registered and recorded. Also, albumin displayed higher values of energy than benzoic acid due to its structure. Albumin is a complex organic ring structure with carbon bonds that more difficult to break than the carbon oxygen bonds of the acid. This leads to greater energy needed to break the bonds and a greater energy released as heat. Therefore, the albumin creates more heat than benzoic acid during combustion. CONCLUSION
The calorimeter constant using benzoic acid is 8.90 kJ/ºC. The heat of combustion of an easily combustible material; albumin is 1.07 cal/g. REFERENCES
Bomb Calorimetry (2005). Retrieved 27 th November 2016 from http://ww2.valdosta.edu/~jaeichle/bomb%5b1%5d.htm
Constant Volume Calorimetry. Retrieved 27 th November 2016 from http://chem.libretexts.org/Core/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry/ Thermodynamics/Calorimetry/Constant_Volume_Calorimetry