Product Summary
The Energy Transfer – Calorimeter includes two nested aluminum cups with an air space in between for insulation. While most calorimeters use a coil to heat the water, PASCO’s design features a 10 Ω heating resistor mounted to a circuit board. Using temperature, voltage, and current sensors, students can investigate the relationship between the input energy and heat transfer into the water.
- Use of distilled water is recommended as tap water will corrode the heating resistor.
What's Included
- 1x Outer Aluminum Cup
- 1x Inner Aluminum Cup
- 1x Plastic Lid
- 1x Two-Hole Rubber Stopper
- 1x Heating Resistor with Input Cables
- 1x Plastic insulating ring to isolate inner cup from outer cup
Product Specifications
| Requires distilled water | Tap water will corrode the resistor. |
| Inner aluminum cup dimensions | 7.5 cm tall, 3.8 cm diameter |
| Outer aluminum cup dimensions | 8.9 cm tall, 4.7 cm diameter |
| Heating resistor | 10 Ω, 5 W (resistor must be covered with water during heating) |
| Plastic Delrin insulating ring | Isolates inner cup from outer cup |
| Maximum voltage | 10 V |
Experiment Library
Perform the following experiments and more with the Energy Transfer - Calorimeter.
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College • High School / Physics
This experiment teaches the concept of conservation of energy: In an isolated system, the sum of the heat that flows out of the objects that cool down must equal the sum of the heat that flows into the objects that heat up.
College • High School / Physics
The purpose of this experiment is to determine the amount of electrical energy that is equivalent to a certain amount of thermal energy. This is accomplished by measuring the amount of electrical energy used in the heating resistor...
College / Physics
Explore the relationship between heat and temperature by measuring the amount of temperature change in two different volumes of the same fluid, subject to the same amount of added thermal energy.
College • High School / Physics
This lab investigates the concept of entropy as applied to calorimetry. The relationship between entropy and spontaneous processes is investigated.
College • High School / Physics
This lab investigates the concept of conservation of energy as applied to calorimetry: In a closed system, the sum of all materials that gain (absorb) energy must equal the sum of all materials that lose energy. The relationship...
College / Physics
The purpose of this experiment is to determine the amount of electrical energy that is equivalent to a certain amount of thermal energy. This is accomplished by measuring the amount of electrical energy used in the heating resistor...
College / Physics
Use a temperature sensor to measure the temperature change of a volume of warm water when a cold piece of metal is placed in it. Determine the total amount of heat transferred from the warmer water to the cold metal, and the specific...
College / Physics
Determine the amount of electrical energy (in Joules) that is equivalent to a certain amount of thermal energy (in calories) by measuring the amount of electrical energy used in the heating resistor to heat water and the resulting...
