Specific Heat Coefficient of Water

Results of the experiment of Monday 21 April 2008 ( 9:30 am )




Mass of water: 750 g ( according to Nick )
Power of the heater: 400 watts
Heat capacity of the deward : 100 calorie per degree C

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Graph 1: from 21.92 to 39.3 oC



Graph 2: from 41.5 to 60 oC


Datae for Graph 1

0 21.9385305186
1 21.9385305186
2 21.9385305186
3 21.9385305186
4 21.9385305186
5 21.9620554187
6 22.0087168221
7 22.0553704921
8 22.1253367138
9 22.195477188
10 22.2887173416
11 22.3353266584
12 22.4052274601
13 22.4052274601
14 22.4520102916
15 22.754886881
16 23.1506988863
17 23.4530137447
18 23.6622486572
19 23.8481830153
20 23.9874496028
21 24.3126625639
22 24.4982136668
23 24.6143516729
24 25.0783899244
25 25.61180442
26 25.8205516882
27 25.959779697
28 26.0756467582
29 26.1685327005
30 26.1917071192
31 26.2612315661
32 26.2148817287
33 26.0988205262
34 26.052473124
35 26.0292996122
36 26.1221843901
37 26.2612315661
38 26.3773002674
39 26.4236536586
40 26.4004768163
41 26.4004768163
42 26.4004768163
43 26.4931860595
44 26.5627215105
45 26.539542669
46 26.4700082688
47 26.6092703221
48 26.7947223403
49 26.8180959444
50 26.9340215258
51 27.0267719079
52 27.073340736
53 27.0965310426
54 27.189298724
55 27.3286610001
56 27.421457244
57 27.4678600773
58 27.6769047432
59 27.769942596
60 27.9324634075
61 28.4207287634
62 28.5604140687
63 28.4441651605
64 28.4674123142
65 28.5371616365
66 28.4674123142
67 28.4441651605
68 28.4906607706
69 28.5836678487
70 28.7234101494
71 28.7234101494
72 28.8630132258
73 28.839742374
74 28.7932051112
75 29.0028609656
76 29.3759435726
77 29.6092968733
78 29.6559512806
79 29.6792813029
80 29.8428364894
81 29.9829395882
82 30.0530185664
83 30.1700501537
84 30.2635605885
85 30.2869436213
86 30.3339079857
87 30.3806895398
88 30.4976828054
89 30.8025217695
90 31.0606520907
91 31.342587709
92 31.5308252972
93 31.6719767027
94 31.7663280687
95 31.8605333631
96 31.9549794324
97 32.0964497791
98 32.0964497791
99 32.2146201429
100 32.3562967255
101 32.4035479163
102 32.4510058308
103 32.5219267523
104 32.5219267523
105 32.5692238856
106 32.640194604
107 32.8534841286
108 32.9247724191
109 33.0196137744
110 33.2571628784
111 33.2809184064
112 33.3522072143
113 33.4712916871
114 33.4475062184
115 33.4712916871
116 33.5188740191
117 33.5664716259
118 33.6619082891
119 33.7095523766
120 33.7572121347
121 33.8287313712
122 33.9482054795
123 34.0916692099
124 34.2350855396
125 34.3788490378
126 34.4746458854
127 34.546538827
128 34.6186675734
129 34.6666443722
130 34.7866639607
131 34.8108781639
132 34.83490002
133 35.003180034
134 35.0996383106
135 35.1718829414
136 35.2200694655
137 35.2682748605
138 35.3649404386
139 35.4373417342
140 35.5583055208
141 35.6550063927
142 35.8004050729
143 35.8004050729
144 35.8246226873
145 35.9942880528
146 36.2129992081
147 36.6029241061
148 36.749555391
149 36.6517124083
150 36.6273155103
151 36.6761148137
152 36.7249362019
153 36.749555391
154 36.7984102047
155 36.8228459902
156 36.969578877
157 37.2640642609
158 37.386846836
159 37.4605873917
160 37.6330601879
161 37.7811599922
162 37.8058311067
163 37.830508392
164 37.9292795314
165 38.1520842222
166 38.3505894034
167 38.3505894034
168 38.3505894034
169 38.4002295941
170 38.4498958769
171 38.6241390482
172 38.8485887702
173 38.9484295271
174 39.02358689
175 39.0986016564
176 39.2239707406
177 39.2740854178
178 39.2991533314
179 39.2740854178
180 39.2991533314
   


Datae for Graph 2

0

41.5107826745
1 41.5107826745
2 41.5880660509
3 41.7170430712
4 41.8464482155
5 42.0278990091
6 42.2095720121
7 42.2877795312
8 42.4179515095
9 42.4440132345
10 42.5222534001
11 42.6791971981
12 42.783869965
13 42.8364774476
14 42.8364774476
15 42.8626880058
16 42.915137498
17 43.0464276401
18 43.2835715429
19 43.4157556897
20 43.495054621
21 43.5479701215
22 43.65413802
23 43.840157141
24 43.9731775856
25 43.9731775856
26 44.1066736222
27 44.240210823
28 44.2936989208
29 44.4546362139
30 44.6697443829
31 44.8853248949
32 45.0206407441
33 45.0206407441
34 44.9935997217
35 44.939550871
36 44.9125429995
37 44.9665697712
38 45.1833428465
39 45.3190516617
40 45.3462273398
41 45.3734143745
42 45.4824997885
43 45.7007767289
44 46.1400298724
45 46.3884299658
46 46.3055959261
47 46.3884299658
48 46.6655693473
49 46.7488852431
50 46.9160846941
51 47.0555764159
52 47.1396542318
53 47.3357537787
54 47.4764467615
55 47.6172394681
56 47.8151411567
57 47.9000590993
58 47.8434336034
59 47.7303447075
60 47.645437858
61 47.645437858
62 47.7585967349
63 47.8717395756
64 47.9853317619
65 48.0420936574
66 47.9853317619
67 47.9569713134
68 48.0704951575
69 48.3269639113
70 48.5845670627
71 48.8721213634
72 49.0741063108
73 49.3060669609
74 49.4225247215
75 49.5098475488
76 49.5973066346
77 49.6556887853
78 49.7436165209
79 49.8900717166
80 49.9783717315
81 50.0371561879
82 50.0960033712
83 50.0960033712
84 50.1254505623
85 50.1843922975
86 50.3618410373
87 50.569555543
88 50.6587151673
89 50.8675724833
90 50.9871439806
91 51.1672489733
92 51.2874929482
93 51.3175964369
94 51.4080094291
95 51.5290483846
96 51.7107557449
97 51.8629091469
98 51.9542639307
99 52.0457788317
100 52.1071287473
101 52.2295439696
102 52.3215454427
103 52.3832226977
104 52.3832226977
105 52.3522489946
106 52.444721536
107 52.506293845
108 52.5679399189
109 52.660547986
110 52.7845402265
111 52.9085796417
112 53.033177022
113 53.1578252156
114 53.3769584789
115 53.5653281507
116 53.6915608247
117 53.6915608247
118 53.8811211787
119 53.9764328199
120 54.1034531295
121 54.1352592087
122 54.1989328609
123 54.5832406711
124 54.7762671514
125 54.6474980474
126 54.7118400913
127 54.7118400913
128 54.6796584641
129 54.7440429724
130 54.7762671514
131 54.8085126721
132 54.8407795784
133 55.0027018968
134 55.0999560173
135 55.1324175715
136 55.1324175715
137 55.2302001148
138 55.3279142073
139 55.4912137566
140 55.6881801092
141 55.7868339135
142 55.8197639719
143 55.9189617599
144 55.9519835247
145 55.9850282894
146 56.0511870118
147 56.1837825879
148 56.4503708875
149 56.651378465
150 56.651378465
151 56.8193174325
152 56.8869389522
153 56.9206483859
154 56.988140668
155 56.988140668
156 57.0557311844
157 57.2933563107
158 57.3954513186
159 57.4636405556
160 57.56639464
161 57.6690982871
162 57.7033840339
163 57.7720326562
164 57.8751992465
165 57.9443893535
166 58.1517409103
167 58.1517409103
168 58.2210688905
169 58.2907878202
170 58.4648417986
171 58.5346516308
172 58.5695971202
173 58.7801297292
174 59.1330356228
175 59.2748662483
176 59.2393662187
177 59.2393662187
178 59.3462429982
179 59.4887565706
180 59.8113940887
   

Graph 3


   same experiment without agitating the water...