Question

Why is calorimeter is made of thin sheet of copper

Answer 1

Answer:

A calorimeter is made of a thin sheet of copper because, Copper has small SHC (Specific Heat Capacity)and the thin box ensures that the box has small heat capacity. Thus the calorimeter box can absorb a small amount of heat from the contents of the calorimeter.

Answer 2

Calorimeter is made out of thin sheet of copper because -

• Calorimeter is an instrument which is used to measure the heat flow happening in a chemical reaction.

• Now,the thin sheet copper is an extremely good conductor of heat which means it can raise it's temperature to give us the measurement of heat flow by absorbing small amount of heat.

• This small amount of heat absorption don't affect the natural rate of the chemical reaction happening in the calorimeter.

That's why thin sheet of copper is preferred for making calorimeter.