Calorimetry

[Courtney McHargue 1I]

What's the difference between normal calorimetry and bomb calorimetry? Does normal just have constant pressure but anything else can change and bomb is the same idea but only volume can change?

[Reva Kakaria 1J]

In a bomb calorimeter, volume is kept constant, so pressure changes; in the other type of calorimeter, pressure is kept constant, so volume can change.

[Jennifer Su 2L]

To add on, Constant P. Calorimetry (I guess this is the "normal" kind) gives you the enthalpy values. Both types are used to measure specific heat capacity.

[Elias Omar 1G]

The first kind that was gone over in lecture (two styrofoam cups) was a constant pressure calorimeter. The bomb calorimeter is one in which the volume is kept constant. It's called a bomb calorimeter because they are more prone to explosions as the pressure changes, but not the volume, leading to high pressure in a small area.

[daniella_knight1I]

Bomb calorimeters keep constant volume while the other kind keeps constant pressure.

[Hilda Sauceda 3C]

yeah the bomb calorimeters keeps a constant volume while the other keeps constant pressure. he might do examples on it