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A calorimeter constant (denoted C cal) is a constant that quantifies the heat capacity of a calorimeter. [1] [2] It may be calculated by applying a known amount of heat to the calorimeter and measuring the calorimeter's corresponding change in temperature.
When a single step in a reaction is perturbed in a temperature jump experiment, the reaction follows a single exponential decay function with time constant equal to a function of the forward (k a) and reverse (k b) rate constants.
The Rüchardt experiment, [1] [2] [3] invented by Eduard Rüchardt, is a famous experiment in thermodynamics, which determines the ratio of the molar heat capacities of a gas, i.e. the ratio of (heat capacity at constant pressure) and (heat capacity at constant volume) and is denoted by (gamma, for ideal gas) or (kappa, isentropic exponent, for real gas).
It is 35.5 J⋅K −1 ⋅mol −1 at 1500 °C, 36.9 at 2500 °C, and 37.5 at 3500 °C. [29] The last value corresponds almost exactly to the value predicted by the Equipartition Theorem, since in the high-temperature limit the theorem predicts that the vibrational degree of freedom contributes twice as much to the heat capacity as any one of ...
The relative activity of a species i, denoted a i, is defined [4] [5] as: = where μ i is the (molar) chemical potential of the species i under the conditions of interest, μ o i is the (molar) chemical potential of that species under some defined set of standard conditions, R is the gas constant, T is the thermodynamic temperature and e is the exponential constant.
Suppose the same iron block is reshaped into a bowl. It still weighs 1 ton, but when it is put in water, it displaces a greater volume of water than when it was a block. The deeper the iron bowl is immersed, the more water it displaces, and the greater the buoyant force acting on it. When the buoyant force equals 1 ton, it will sink no farther.
At the temperature of the melting point, 0 °C, the chemical potentials in water and ice are the same; the ice cube neither grows nor shrinks, and the system is in equilibrium. A third example is illustrated by the chemical reaction of dissociation of a weak acid HA (such as acetic acid, A = CH 3 COO −): HA ⇌ H + + A −. Vinegar contains ...
The densification of the new mixed water parcel is a result of a slight contraction upon mixing; a decrease in volume of the combined water parcel. [3] A new water parcel that has the same mass, but is lower in volume, will be denser. Denser water sinks or downwells in the otherwise neutral surface of the water body, where the two initial water ...