popjinx Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 Why is water a good material to use in a calorimeter?
ecoli Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 I'm guessing it's because it has a high specific heat?
woelen Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 And it is cheap, non-toxic, non-corrosive and non-flammable.
aamera Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 water is a good solvent for a large number of copounds whose specific heat is to be determined.Water is cheap & non-dangerous solvent too.
YT2095 Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 it`s also predictably Constant too, and that helps keep the Math easy (I`m always in favor of that). afterall it IS water than the Metric system is largely based upon also
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