What is a calorie? While most people think of calories in relation to food, calories are simply a unit of heat energy. In fact, measuring calories is essential to energy science because every chemical ...

Students will use a calorimeter to measure the heat energy released by the combustion of various fuels. Students will calculate and compare the fuel values associated with various types of fuel.

Calorimetry-thermal-analysis products measure the changes in temperature and the reaction of a material to the temperature changes; they are useful in measurement methods such as expansion, ...

It is possible that users are not performing to the best of their ability when using an antique differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) or other outdated methods. This can be the case when observing ...

In this virtual investigation, students will explore how much energy is released when various fuels are burned. The amount of energy released per gram of fuel, measured in joules (J), is known as the ...