Measure the heat of dissolving a solid
Tare a balance, weigh out ammonium nitrate, stir it into water, and follow the temperature drop to work out how much energy dissolving it absorbed.
- Takes about
- 12 minutes
- Difficulty
- intro
Guest practice
Practise the technique before you do it for real. Nothing here can break or be wasted — restart any experiment as many times as you like. No account needed.
Tare a balance, weigh out ammonium nitrate, stir it into water, and follow the temperature drop to work out how much energy dissolving it absorbed.
Condition a pipette, transfer a measured aliquot, dilute to the mark, and watch the teal fade as the solution reaches known concentration.
Combine two ionic solutions in a beaker, watch what forms, and work out which ions made it.
Practice burette preparation, endpoint control, volumetric reading, and titration stoichiometry.
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