Food Calorimetry: Common Mistakes

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You might be making one of these common mistakes! In this video, we'll talk about the most common mistakes that people make when they're doing calorimetry problems. Often, they do not get the mass right when they are doing specific heat calculations with water. Also, the mass of water can be determined from its volume. Because of the density of water, 1 mL of water has a mass of 1 g. This can be used with specific heat capacity to determine the change in heat energy, or enthalpy.