Instruments
Parr 1341 Bomb Calorimeter
Location: REIC 245
Bomb Calorimeter Manual
Resources
Bomb Calorimeter Manual
Extremely useful resource for sample prep, operation, and calculations.
Example bomb calorimetry lab
Useful, easy to understand intro and procedure ideas.
326-B1+B2 Bomb Calorimetry
Contributor:Â Jacob Sterle, 2015
Source:Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm3Tn6DXJrI
Content:Â A video on the preparation and use of a bomb calorimeter.
Reliability and Usefulness:Â It seems to be a reliable video. I think it will be useful in getting an idea of what to do with the calorimeter.
Contributor: Michael Hooper, Spring 2016
Source: Galaxy Scientific and The Federal Aviation Administration
Content: Experimental gross heats of combustion of 49 common polymers as well as example calculations for heat of combustion using bond enthalpy.
Reliability and usefulness: “The gross and net heats of combustion calculated from polymer enthalpies of formation and oxygen consumption thermochemistry were within 5 percent of the experimental values from oxygen bomb calorimetry.” This shows that bond enthalpy calculations are a useful method for comparing the experimental heat of combustion against the calculated value of a proposed structure.