Lawrence Luzana Date started: August 28, 2018

Group No. 1 Date completed: September 18, 2018

Heat of Combustion

Objectives:

o To calculate heat capacity of the calorimeter assembly considering all necessary

corrections.
o To calculate the gross heat of combustion in cal/g of the unknown sample using
the given equation.

Data & Results:

BENZOIC ACID UNKNOWN SAMPLE

Mass sample , (g) 1.0164 0.9220

Temperature rise. (ºC) 2.69123 2.61445
Molarity of NaOH used, (mL) 0.00725 0.00725
Volume of NaOH used, (cm) 6.5 1.7
Length of fuse wire, (cm) 0.0096 0.0064
% Sulfur in sample 0 0
Es, (cal) 0 0
En, (cal) 6.5 1.7
Efe,(cal) 0.0096 0.0064
Cv, cal/(ºC) -280.3310455 -280.3310455
∆ H, (cal/g) -754.4353196 -793.0641019
Discussion:

In this experiment, calculate the heat of combustion of the sample. Also determine the
molar enthalpy change, ΔH, for the combustion of Benzoic acid and also the unknown. From
literature, the ΔH of benzoic acid is said to be -384.8 ± 0.50 KH/mol. Convert it to cal/g as required
unit for ΔH in the table. So the converted ΔH is now -754.4353196 Cal/g and using the formula
ΔH=CvΔT to acquire the value of its Cv. Both Benzoic acid and the unknown sample has the same
𝐶𝑣∆T−Es−En−Efe
value of Cv in cal/ ºC. Using the equation ( ) to calculate the ΔH of the unknown.
𝑚

Conclusion:

In conclusion, heat capacity of the calorimeter assembly considering all necessary

corrections was -280.3310455 cal/ ºC and the heat capacity of the heat of combustion of the
unknown sample was -793.06 cal/g.

Appendices:

Sample calculation:
𝐶𝑣∆T−Es−En−Efe
𝑄(𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒) = ( )
𝑚

Es = Correction for H2SO4

En =Correction for HNO3
Efe = Correction for fuse wire

∆T = change in temperature in calorimeter

 Benzoic acid

*Conversion*
1000𝐽 1𝑚𝑜𝑙 1𝑘𝑐𝑎𝑙 1000𝑐𝑎𝑙
ΔH =-385.1 kJ/mol(( ) (122𝑔 ) (4184𝐽) ( )= -754.4353196 cal/g
1𝑘𝐽 1𝑘𝑐𝑎𝑙

ΔH=CvΔT
−754.4353196 cal/g
Cv=( )= -280.3310455 cal/ºC
2.69123 ºC
  Unknown sample
𝐶𝑣∆T−Es−En−Efe (−280.3310455 cal/ºC)(2.61445ºC)−1.7−0.0064
𝑄(𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒) = ( ) =( )
𝑚 .9220𝑔

ΔH =793.0641019 cal/g

Journal

Source:

webbook.nist.gov/cgi/cbook.cgi?ID=C65850&Mask=2

Physics, , 13. Auflage, Hrsg. W. Schenk, F. Kremer, Mechanik, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

web.williams.edu/wp-etc/chemistry/epeacock/EPL_CHEM_366/366_LAB_WEB/Expt_2_Bomb.pdf

Abstract:

The experiment was conducted to determine the heat capacity of the calorimeter
assembly considering all necessary corrections and to calculate the gross heat of combustion in
cal/g of the unknown sample using the given equation. The data gathered through this
experiment were -280.3310455 cal/ ºC heat capacity for both unknown sample and benzoic acid,
--754.4353196 cal/g , -793.0641019cal/g heat of combustion for benzoic acid and unknown
sample respectively.