A Student Used a Bomb Calorimeter to Determine the Heat

question 41

Multiple Choice

A student used a bomb calorimeter to determine the heat of combustion of an unknown compound. If the student ignored the heat capacity of the bomb calorimeter, the heat capacity of the unknown compound would be ________ the accepted value.

• A) greater than (i.e., less negative)
• B) less than (i.e., more negative)
• C) equal to

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