popjinx Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Why is water a good material to use in a calorimeter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 I'm guessing it's because it has a high specific heat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woelen Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 And it is cheap, non-toxic, non-corrosive and non-flammable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aamera Posted October 6, 2006 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted October 6, 2006 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popjinx Posted October 6, 2006 Author Share Posted October 6, 2006 thanks : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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