Measuring the Temperature of a Bunsen Burner

Measuring the temperature of a Bunsen burner :

• Gas On

• Bunsen burner

• HPM

• Clamps and buses

• Balance 0.01

• Large beaker  (0.15kg)

• Thermometers

• measuring cylinder

• tongs

• Brass masses in kg

• Heat capacity of water : 

  • The specific heat capacity of water is 4,200 Joules per kilogram per degree Celsius (J/kg°C). This means that it takes 4,200 J to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1°C 

• Heat capacity of brass : 

  • The specific heat capacity of brass is approximately 380 J/(kg·K). This means it takes 380 joules of energy to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of brass by 1 degree Celsius or 1 Kelvin, according to CK-12 Foundation.  

Q=M C ∆ -

∆-  = Q /M C