Bomb calorimeters vs polystyrene cup calorimeters
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Bomb calorimeters vs polystyrene cup calorimeters
During lecture we mentioned bomb calorimeters and normal calorimeters, what is the difference between the two? What conditions and equations apply to each of them?
Re: Bomb calorimeters vs polystyrene cup calorimeters
A bomb calorimeter measures heat flow at a constant volume, as you can imagine a bomb as a rigid chamber that cannot increase in volume. A polystyrene cup calorimeter on the other hand measured changes in temperature at a constant pressure.
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Re: Bomb calorimeters vs polystyrene cup calorimeters
The polystyrene calorimeter is an open system. heat can leave. But a bomb calorimeter is closed and isolated
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Re: Bomb calorimeters vs polystyrene cup calorimeters
Wouldn't a regular polystyrene calorimeter be an approximation of a closed system, because heat can go out but volume remains the same?
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