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First... for those of you that missed class yesterday...<br>
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In many of my reviews of your heat capacity papers I mentioned an
equation to directly determine the heat capacity from the
experimental measurements. I went over the derivation of that
equation in class yesterday in class. Please talk to your group
members and have them show you how to derive the equation.<br>
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Secondly, while I did not cover this in class yesterday, each of you
will have to also derive the terms (see the equation below) for your
error in the measured heat capacity.<br>
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<img alt="error equation"
src="cid:part1.03020909.00030504@mercer.edu" height="851"
width="782"><br>
To find the error in the slopes of the lines, you will need to use
the procedure I described in class yesterday. Group 3 sent me their
cleaned up data and I am currently processing it. The other groups
need to do the same as soon as possible. Please consult with your
group members in class yesterday about some of the problems I saw
with the graphs that were submitted.<br>
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Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pounds@theochem.mercer.edu">pounds@theochem.mercer.edu</a>)
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207 (478) 301-5627
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