Principle of Calorimetry

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Principle of Calorimetry: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Units of Heat, Calorimetry, Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, Principle of Calorimetry, Mixing of Liquids at Different Temperatures, and Calorimeter.

Important Questions on Principle of Calorimetry

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Initially, a beaker has 100 g of water at temperature 90 °C. Later another 600 g of water at temperature 20 °C was poured into the beaker. The temperature, Tin °C of the water after mixing is

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Initially, a beaker has 100 g of water at temperature 90 °C. Later another 600 g of water at temperature 20 °C was poured into the beaker. The temperature, T of the water after mixing is

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Calorie is the unit of which physical quantity?

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Calorie is the unit of which physical quantity?

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SI unit of heat is kelvin and SI unit of temperature is joule.

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What is the SI unit of heat?

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One calorie is nearly equal to _____ J.

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A heater supplying constant power P watts is switched ON at time t=0 min to raise the temperature of a liquid kept in a calorimeter of negligible heat capacity. A student records the temperature of the liquid Tt at equal time intervals. A graph is plotted with Tt on the Y-axis versus t on the X-axis. Assume that there is no heat loss to the surroundings during heating. Then,

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Steam at 100 °C is passed into 1 kg of water contained in a calorimeter at 9 °C till the temperature of water and calorimeter is increased to 90 °C. The mass of the stean condensed is nearly
(Water equivalent of calorimeter =0.1 kg Specific heat of water =1 cal g-1 °C-1 Latent heat of vapourisation =540 cal g-1)

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Two tank A and B contain water at 20°C and 80°C respectively. The amount of water that must be taken from A and B to prepare 40 kg of water at 50°C:

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Match the Column (A) and Column (B)

Column (A) Column (B)

a. The heating of a body takes place by conduction

b. Heat transfer in solid b. Its volume expands

c. of steel heat c. Measured by thermometer

d On heating the solid d. The substance has a property

e specific heat y. is a good conductor.

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The whole mixture in the calorimeter become ice if:

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A solid is heated up and ΔH vs Δθ(H : Heat given, θ : change in temperature) is plotted as shown in figure. Material exist in only one phase in-

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10 kg of ice at 5°C is kept in a large container of negligible heat capacity 1 kg of steam at 110°C is passed over the container. The final temp of mixture when thermal equilibrium is attained:

[Specific Heat of ice = 0.5 cal/gm°C;

Specific Heat of steam = 0.47 cal/gm°C;  

Latent Heat of fusion = 80 cal/gm

Latent Heat of vaporization = 540 cal/gm]

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4 g of steam at 100 0C is added to 20 g of water at 46 0C in a container of negligible mass. Assuming no heat is lost to the surrounding, the mass of water in the container at thermal equilibrium is (Latent heat of vaporisation=540 cal/gm, specific heat of water=1 cal/gm ºC)

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2 kg ice at 20°C is mixed with 5 kg water at 20°C in an insulating vessel having negligible heat capacity. Calculate the final mass of water remaining in the container.

Given: specific heat of water = 4.186 kJ K-1 kg-1

Specific heat of  ice = 2.092 kJ K-1 kg-1

Latent heat of fusion of ice = 334.7 kJ kg-1

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Water of volume 2 L in a container is heated with a coil of power 1 kW at 27 0C. The lid of the container is open and energy dissipates at rate of 160 J/s. In how much time temperature will rise from 27 0C to 77 0C ? [Given specific heat of water is 4.2  kJ/kg]

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80 gm of water at 30oC is poured on a large block of ice at 0oC. The mass of ice that melts is:

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Liquids A and B are at 30 °C and 20 °C, respectively. When mixed in equal masses, the temperature of the mixture is found to be 26 °C, The specific heats of A and B are in the ratio of m:n , where m and n are integers, then find the minimum value of m+n.