What is the purpose of the experiment of heat combustion of naphthalene?
The purpose of this experiment is to determine the heat of combustion of napthalene. The heating value of any fuel is an emperical measurement that describes the energy produced by a given type of fuel. The bomb calorimeter is a device that burns a fuel sample and transfers the heat into the known amount of water allowing an easy way to determine the heating value from weight of fuel that is used and change in temperature of water. The sealed bomb acts as a closed system, and theenergy from adiabatic combustion of fuel will heat thebomb calorimeter and water sample.
Here, the fuel is Napthalene.
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