Answer to Question #109087 in General Chemistry for Khedijha Bailey

Question

List the lab equipment you would use and state the procedure you would use to find the heat or enthalpy of solution for the reaction between excess powdered zinc and copper II sulfate

Answer 1

A simple polystyrene calorimeter of low heat capacity can be used for any non–combustion reaction that will happen spontaneously at room temperature involving solutions or solid reacting/dissolving with/in a liquid like water and it doesn't matter if the reaction is exothermic or endothermic.

thermometer (can read to 0.01^oC via a thermistor, a solid–state electronic device).