A calorimeter is a device used to measure the quantity of heat flow in a chemical reaction. Heat flow, in turn, can be used to calculate the enthalpy change of the reaction. There are two main types of calorimeters commonly used in the chem lab, the coffee cup calorimeter and the bomb calorimeter. You can make your own coffee cup calorimeter using (you guessed it) a styrofoam coffee cup with a lid, and a thermometer, which can be inserted where a straw or stirrer would go. Learn more...
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in my opinion this help me a lot because iam learnin in my physics class about heat…and they left me to investigate how to make a home build calometer…and this info guide me…
this helps me because im in 8th grade and my science fair progect is burning cookies in my homemade calorimeter and comparing them…this gave me another rescource i can use in my backround research paper!:) thx
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i thought a calorimeter was for testing calories in food, not heat flow?