Chapter 06 – Thermochemistry
20. When 0.7521 g of benzoic acid was burned in a calorimeter containing 1,000. g of water,
a temperature rise of 3.60C was observed. What is the heat capacity of the bomb calorimeter,
excluding the water? The heat of combustion of benzoic acid is –26.42 kJ/g.
21. Naphthalene combustion can be used to calibrate the heat capacity of a bomb calorimeter.
The heat of combustion of naphthalene is –40.1 kJ/g. When 0.8210 g of naphthalene was
burned in a calorimeter containing 1,000. g of water, a temperature rise of 4.21C was
observed. What is the heat capacity of the bomb calorimeter excluding the water?