Last week we got to find out the specific heat capacity of a metal and we got to test lead's specific heat capacity. First we set up a hot water bath with a beaker on a Bunsen Burner. Then we took a test tube, weighed it, then filled it 1/3 of the way up with lead, and then weighed it again. We then subtracted the weight of the test tube from the weight of the test tube + lead to find the weight of the lead by itself. Then we added the test tube to the hot water bath and let it come to a boil and let it boil for 5 minutes. Then we took the test tube and poured the lead into a Styrofoam cup of room temperature water, while that was happening we measured how hot the water got when the lead was added. Then we used the mcat = mcat formula to determine the specific heat capacity of the metal.
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This is a really neat summary of the lab and some really cool pictures that go along with it. This would be really helpful if someone missed the lab and wanted to see how it goes.
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