Jason Jarrell Chemistry II 12-8-99 Heat of Fusion Objective: The objective of this experiment is to find the heat of fusion of water by using a calorimeter. The calorimeter will be used to melt ice in water to find the heat of fusion. Theory: Heat of fusion is known to be the amount of heat that it takes to allow one mole of a substance to turn from solid to liquid. The heat of …showed first 75 words of 419 total…

…showed last 75 words of 419 total…substance. Some of the possible sources of error could have been:  There could have been human error in reading equipment.  There could have been equipment error in measuring.  Some extra water could have come out when digging out the ice.  The ice was tap water and not distilled.  Some water could have been splashed out when stirring.  Some heat could have been lost into the cup.  Some heat could have been lost to the environment.