Btec Physics Assigment 1 Calorimeter

Experiment

I am going to burn 3 gram of ethanol in this experiment.

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Step 1-I take 10 gram distilled water and ı put into the calorimeter .
Step 2-I take 3 gram ethanol and I put into the crucible.
Step 3-I measured the distilled water.
Step 4-The first temapture of water is measured 14 celcius.
Step 5-After that I burned the ethanol.
Step 6-I waited until the ethanol burns completly.
Step 7-On the last phase I measured the water 80 celcius.
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Q=m.c.ΔT
14 celcius =287 kelvin
80 celcius =353 kelvin
Q=3.2,46 j/g.K.66
Q=3.2,46.66
Q=487,08 joule
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I found 487,08 joule but I need to find 4100 joule.There are some errors in my
experiment.These are the causes of my errrors:
1-I might have vibrated the beaker.
2-We don’t have got a real calorimeter .So mine calculations can not be real.
3-Maybe while I was doing the experiment in the room there could have been wind.
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I am goning to burn 3 gram of methanol in this experiment.
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Step 1- I take 10 gram distilled water and ı put into the calorimeter .
Step 2- I take 3 gram methanol and I put into the crucible.
Step 3- I measured the distilled water.
Step 4- The first temapture of water is measured 25 celcius.
Step 5- After that I burned the methanol.
Step 6- I waited until the methanol burns completly.
Step 7- On the last phase I measured the water 89 celcius.
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Q=m.c.ΔT
25 celcius =298 kelvin
89 celcius =362 kelvin
Q=3.2,55 j/g.K.64
Q=3.2,55.64
Q=489,6 joule
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I found 489,6 joule but I need to find 4100 joule.There are some errors in my
experiment.These are the causes of my errrors:
1-I might have vibrated the beaker.
2-We don’t have got a real calorimeter .So mine calculations can not be real.
3-Maybe while I was doing the experiment in the room there could have been wind.
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