Lab: Specific Heat of a Metal
This lab was set up to find the specific heat of a metal by measuring the rise of temperature in a water bath that surrounded a heated sample of an unknown metal. After taking measurements, we found the specific heat via the collected data and compared it to the known specific heats of a couple metals. Our calculated specific heat was 894 J/kg oC. This was closest to aluminum's specific heat, which in 901 J/kg oC. This identification makes sense due to the the shinny silverish color the sample had.
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| Metal heating in water bath |
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| Measuring the water temp with the metal sample |
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