A Simple Method for Determining the Specific Heat of Solids

Authors

  • K. Hellgardt Loughborough University
  • G. Shama Loughborough University

Abstract

The construction and operation of an evaporation calorimeter for determining the mean specific heat at constant pressure (Cp) for solids in the range 80-298K is described.  The calorimeter comprises two Dewar flasks, one located within the other and each partially filled with liquid nitrogen. The specific heat is calculated from a knowledge of the volume of nitrogen gas evolved following the introduction of a sample of solid into the inner Dewar.

Author Biographies

K. Hellgardt, Loughborough University

Klaus Hellgardt has been a lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Loughborough University since 1995. His main research interests lie in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. He obtained his Dipl.-lng (TH) from the University of Karlsruhe. In 1991 he was awarded an EC Research Training Fellowship during which he completed his PhD and DIC at Imperial College in London.

G. Shama, Loughborough University

Gilbert Shama has been in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Loughborough University since 1989 and is closely associated with the operation of first-year undergraduate laboratories. He obtained his BSc degree from UMIST, his MSc from Birmingham, and his PhD from Imperial College, London.

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Published

1998-07-01

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 3 (1998): Summer 1998

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