In this experiment, entitled Heat and Calorimetry,we are required to determine the specific heat of metals and the

latent heat of fusion of ice

using a common insulating material, the calorimeter.

In the first part of the experiment, the mass of the following are measured: the two metals (aluminium and copper), the inner calorimeter and the
water in the calorimeter. We immersed the metal in the boiling water, allowing it to absorb for a long time for it to attain its heat absorption limit
and to heat up the calorimeter when transferred.

Before we put the hot metal to the calorimeter, its initial temperature is being measured. We obtain a temperature of 62C for Aluminum and
63C for Copper. The initial temperature of water is also measured and we obtain a temperature of 28C for Aluminum sample and 29.75 C for
Copper sample. After taking some data, we immediately put the hot metal in the water in calorimeter and measure the final temperature of each of
the metals, obtaining 29 C and 30 C respectively. It is evident that Copper dissipates more heat than that of the Aluminum. These results clearly
explained on why Copper has a small specific heat which can easily raise the temperature with just small amount of heat.

In part 2 of the experiment, some parts are similar procedures from part 1 but we are asked to get the latent heat of fusion of ice. Before we put
the ice in the calorimeter, we allow enough ice to melt to bring the temperature of the ice water to the melting point of ice and make an
assumption of 0 C for the initial temperature. The mass of the ice is obtained by subtracting the total mass from the water and the calorimeter.
The latent heat of fusion is computed according to its derived equation and the values obtained for trials 1 and 2 are 83.03 cal/g-C and
81.66cal/g-C.A source of error in part 1, the fact that Aluminum should have the more absorbed heat than copper, could be the room temperature
which affects the measurement of the temperature. But again, as previously discussed, this can be prevented by allowing the metals to absorb heat
for a long time, thus, minimizing its errors

conclusion
With this experiment we have explored the principle, law of heat and exchange, that in a given system
the hotter body will loss heat while the colder one will gain heat as they both reach their thermal
equilibrium. We have used this principal to determine the specific heat of brass and aluminum. We had
a successful outcome although we have a difficulty on the part where we get the specific heat of brass
even though we repeated it several times the outcome is still far from the actual value. Also we have
successfully determined the latent heat of fusion of the ice. The factors in determining the specific
heat and latent heat are mass of the bodies and change of temperature in the system.