DE TERMINING VOLATILE MATTER CONTENT Volatiles are subst an poeeea that easily vaporizes or which have a low boiling point .When determing the lt conent offs inporant hat ar accede pee eats fuels with~ery low volatile content itis usual to add a few drops of poere eighing to displace afl air from the crucible Only the volatile matt tne actually burn and liberatethermal energy “a APPARATUS © Balancing scale © Charcoal = Furnace © Crucible © Stop watch PROCEDURE Weigh the mass of the crucible Weigh one gram of air dried charcoal same into the crucible and spread it un and record its mass. y Fit the lid and place the beaker ipthe furnace at 900°C Transfer the crucible fronithe furnace after exactly 7 minutes and place on cold iron, formly plate to cool rapidly Transfer it to a desiccator to al ass and record it llow it to cool and weigh its mi FORMULA FOR CALCULATING VOLATILE MATTER s4volatile matter =Ws —W2+ Ws "100 fe heating. W; = Weight of sample + crucible b Je + sample after heating Wo = Weight of crucibl