Investigations in the Use of the Bomb Calorimeter: In Cooperation with the Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment Station (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Introductory The apparatus used Manipulation of the apparatus Calculation of results Importance of the apparatus in calorimetric determinations Earlier determinations of heats of combustion Variations in determinations already on record Causes of differences in heat determinations Impure oxygen Testing of oxygen Correction for impurity in the oxygen Rise in temperature corrected for heat due to impurities in the oxygen. Formation of nitric acid in the bomb calorimeter during combustion Oxidation of combined nitrogen to nitric acid Probable error due to disappearance of nitric acid Cause of incomplete combustion Alcohol heat value Alcohol determination used for testing the respiration calorimeter Determination of heat of combustion Conclusion.

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