Hello, I hope you can answer my question. Thank you in advance. Is it okay if I use an aquarium water heater instead of an immersion water heater and perform the experiment in a styrofoam box the size of the beaker to prevent heat loss?
hi. i was doing this experiment in a more controlled environment with high precision temperature measuring equipment and energy meters, vacuum insulated water container, 4.5kg of distilled water-to minimize the errors, i was stirring the water to avoid temperature stratification and every single time i got values for Cp around 4724 J/kgC. I run out of ideas of what could create the difference. Can we find out who and when and how were calculated values for water what we take for granted? i calculated the thermal losses to minute values and still doesn't get even close to the book values for water Cp-the difference is too high. Can anyone please give me an idea?
