Background PaperHave you ever sat there and wondered various things that have to do with some things in chemistry known as calorimetry or thermochemistry? No, yes, maybe, well whatever your answer, you were really thinking yes, so I will explain these topics to you in this document and teach you how they work so that you can understand these things if you ever come across them. a real life situation. We will start with calorimetry, going over all the basic things like what it actually is, how to write a calorimetric equation and also what a calorimeter is and how to use it. It's time to start calorimetry in the best way: with the definition: why you should know what it is before learning other things about it. Calorimetry is the quantitative measurement of the heat required or developed during a chemical process and is just a general term for everything to do with that, including finding the heat required for the equations used to figure it all out. Now that you know what calorimetry is we can move on to the calorimeter and how it works. A calorimeter is an instrument for measuring the heat of a reaction during a well-defined process. There are 2 different types of calorimeters, the first is known as a bomb calorimeter. This is a more advanced calorimeter, it represents constant volume using the change in internal energy between the reactants and products. This device is more accurate, but also more expensive, so in case you need it but don't have one, there is a simpler and cheaper calorimeter consisting of two foam cups, a thermometer, a glass stirrer and a cork stopper. cork. This measures the constant pressure and enthalpy change during the reaction. As I said above, t... half of the paper... combustion of paraffin wax through the use of calorimetry, and I believe this has been achieved. The heat of combustion was found with an error of 7%. It could have been more accurate, but more on that in a bit. The purpose of the laboratory was achieved by burning the candle and observing a change in the mass. The heat of combustion was then calculated using this and other laboratory data. So yes, I believe that the purpose of the laboratory was achieved during the experiment. Now let's talk about the errors. The lab was completed and the goal was achieved, but with an error of 7.14%. This error could have been caused by different things. The candle may have been burning too long or not long enough, there may have been incorrect measurements, and various other things. Overall, however, I think this lab worked well and errors were almost kept to a minimum.