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CONTENTS
Introduction (^49)
Description of calorimetric method (^52) Material, and preparation of (^) samples (^53) Experimental procedure (^55) Specific heat (^) of ice (^63) Experimental (^) results , (^63) Relation (^) between apparent specific heat of ice and dissolved impurities ... (^69)
Conclusion (^76)
Table of total heat of ice and water (^79)
INTRODUCTION
The present investigation is one of a series undertaken, (^) at the
constants which are of fundamental importance in the design and
A determination made at the Bureau ^^ of the heat of fusion of
ice was pubHshed in 191 3. In this pubHcation is given a review
of previous work on this subject. As stated there the results
presented are subject to a slight imcertainty on accoimt of the
melting point. For this reason and also on accoimt of the direct
technical significance of the specific heat of ice, it has been made
the subject of the work here presented.
50 Bulletin^ of the^ Bureau^ of Standards
PREVIOUS WORK
[Vol, la
A review of previous determinations of (^) the heat of fusion (^) of ice
The results of previous experimental (^) determinations of the spe-
cific heat of ice are summarized in (^) Table i.
Specific Heat of (^) Ice—Results (^) of Previous Observers
Date Observer Temperature range^ Mean perature^ tem-
capacity cal/gram
1910 Nemst*. -^ 7.
- (^) 15.3 to- 75. - (^) 81. 7 to -189.
1849 to -^78
Dewar s
Gad^in i"
« (^) Value given by Nemst (loc. cit.), recalculated from original on basis of specific heat of lead.
" (^) Review by Angstrom, Ann. d. Phys., 90, p. 509; 1853- Original, Nov. Act. Reg. Soc. Upsala, 5.
Nemst and^ his^ associates^ have^ deduced^ an^ empirical^ equation expressing their^ results^ on^ the^ specific^ heat^ of^ ice^ relative^ to^ its temperature. The^ graphical^ representation^ of^ this^ equation,
shown in Fig. i. The^ mean^ temperatures^ of^ the^ determinations
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are all below —7°^ C. From the trend of these results in (^) the
not appear remarkable^ except^ for^ the^ fact^ that^ A. W. Smith^ '^^ has
heat is obtained on approaching^ the melting point, ice of a high
up to a temperature very close to zero. The presence of certain dissolved impurities lowers the freezing point of water. At any given temperatiure not too far below
imfrozen, due to this lowering. A portion of the heat of fusion is thus made to appear as sensible heat, and the observed appar-
DESCRIPTION OF CALORIMETRIC METHOD
The experiments here described were planned with the object of attaining a high precision in the thermal measurements upon ice of a high degree of purity, and especially of extending the
more important technically and is most in doubt.
For making^ the^ measurements^ a^ calorimeter^ was^ adopted which is described in detail elsewhere. ^^^ An important feattu-e of (^) this
calorimeter is the employment^ of^ a^ shell^ of^ copper^ inclosing the
metric medium^ for^ the^ transmission^ and^ distribution^ of heat
Temperature changes in calorimeter and contents are (^) measured
by means of an^ electric^ resistance^ thermometer^ likewise built into
the shell.^ The^ calorimeter^ is^ suspended^ in^ an air space within
about the surfaces of the calorimeter and the jacket serve to indi-
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cate at any instant the^ difference^ between^ the^ average^ tempera-
leakage between calorimeter^ and
and measured. The jacket containing the calo-
liquid bath which, by means^ of
ing coil, and a thermoregulator,
ttu-e between —55°^ C and^ -^40° C to within a few thousandths
nished by a storage battery, the
and the contained specimen is
rate, which (^) is determined by po-
rent and of potential drop.
By this method (^) the heat in-
from which it may (^) be reduced (^) to
customary heat units (^) by using the
The ice specimens were con-
fits inside the calorimeter shell.
To promote the rapid equaliza-
tion of temperature, the cell is
surface. The details (^) of construction of the container are shown
in Fig. 2.
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Fig. 2. Specimen container
Sample No. 4 was distilled^ directly^ into^ the^ container,^ the^ con-
densed water touching no^ surface^ which^ was^ not^ tinned.^ In
doing this the container was^ first^ inverted^ so^ that^ the^ condensed
water would drain^ out,^ thus^ washing^ the^ entire^ interior^ surface
with steam and hot^ distilled^ water.^ After^ about^800 cc^ had^ been
thus passed through,^ the^ container^ was^ placed^ erect^ and^ sur-
rounded with ice.^ Water^ was^ condensed^ until^ the^ container^ was
only the middle fraction was retained for the sample. The water
used in the distilling flask was specially prepared double distilled
water was boiled to expel any air which might have been absorbed
after condensation.
made after the various determinations were completed, failed to
show any considerable difference in the observed conductivities
of the different samples.^ These^ were^ all^ of^ the^ order^ of 3 X io"°
ohm~^ cm~^
While the specimens were being frozen the (^) calorimeter was
cooled to a^ temperature^ slightly^ below^ zero.^ The^ object of this
was to avoid^ melting^ any^ considerable^ portion^ of^ the^ ice^ when^ the
container was introduced into the calorimeter. The operation (^) of
zero was accompanied by the unavoidable condensation of moisture
on the calorimeter, as the work was done when the dew point (^) was
above zero. To absorb this moisture and to maintain the (^) dryness
of the air within, a small dish of calcium chloride was placed at (^) the
bottom of the jacket.
EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE
A detailed description of the various operations involved in
tions and observations is as follows:
The calorimeter containing the (^) specimen is cooled to the initial temperature of the experiment. The jacket is brought under
rimeter. The resistance of the built-in platinum thermometer is
56 Bulletin^ of the^ Bureau^ of Standards^ [Voi.^12
nate readings^ of^ current^ ^^^ and^ potential^ drop^ are^ made^ at^ equal
calorimeter. Meanwhile^ by hand control of the jacket heating
cable equal to the rising temperature of the calorimeter. The
perature difference between the calorimeter and jacket, and serve
the double purpose of guiding the jacket control and giving the
under control of the thermoregulator, and when the calorimeter
The rate of thermal leakage is determined by a separate experi-
ment, in which, with the calorimeter and jacket at different tem-
peratures, alternate readings are made^ of^ the^ resistance^ ther-
mometer and of the thermocouple between calorimeter and jacket.
An approximate value of the heat capacity of the calorimeter at
The mass of the sample is determined from weighings^ in air
against brass weights of the empty container, and of the container
with specimen included. The difference between these weigh-
ings corrected for air buoyancy gives the mass of the specimen.
An example of the record of a single experiment in determining
1' (^) The temperatures d employed in this paper are expressed in degrees of the centigrade scale determined by a resistance thermometer of the Heraeus purest platinum according to the equations
The value of d here taken, viz, 1.48. was obtained by a direct comparison of platintun resistance ther-
scale of that bureau. The difference between the scale above defined and the thermodynamic scale as reproduced in the inter.
of melting ice, steam, and sulphur vapor, consists in the use of 5= 1.48 instead of (^) 1.49+, which would be the value for platinvun^ of the purity here employed when the sulphur boiling point is taken as 44496. At
The initial and final readings of thermometer resistance cor- rected for bridge errors give the initial and final thermometer resistances R^ and R^. The difference between the initial and final resistances, JR, multiplied by the difference factor, K^,
obtaining K,n from the chart Fig. 4 the mean resistance R^ (^) is used.
The average^ thermocouple^ deflection^ multiplied^ by the rate and by the^ time^ between^ initial^ and^ final^ thermometer^ readings
The mean potentiometer readings for potential drop and for current, corrected for instrumental errors, and multiplied by the proper reduction factors, give the potential drop, E, and cinrent /.
The product of the ciurent and potential drop is the power, and
this multiplied by the time is the total energy electrically supplied
age gives the corrected energy, i. e., the amount of energy received
by the^ calorimeter^ and^ contents^ during^ the^ experiment.
The corrected energy^ divided^ by the^ change^ in^ temperature, JQ, (^) gives the heat capacity of calorimeter and specimen in (^) joules
The heat capacity of the calorimeter^ is obtained from the
curve, Fig. (^) 5, at a point corresponding to the mean temperature,
^(^1 +^ ^2). 2 Deducting from the total mean heat capacity the heat (^) capacity
of the calorimeter, the mean^ heat^ capacity^ of^ the^ specimen is
The mean heat capacity of the specimen divided by the mass and by the number of joules ^^^ in one 20°^ calorie," gives the mean specific heat of the ice specimen in 20°^ calories per gram per degree.
^* (^) The relation between the 20° calorie and the joule (international watt second) is taken as represented
I calorie2o=4.i83 joules 1' (^) The 20° calorie used in this paper is taken as the quantity of heat per gram (mass) per degree centigrade
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40 -30 -20 -10 (^10 20 )
DEGREES & CENTIGRADE
oifome^] Specific^ Hcat^ and^ Heat^ of^ Fusion^ of^ Ice^ 6i
5 =^ mean specific^ heat^ of^ specimen^ in^ 20°^ calories^ per gram per degree over the interval of temperature
C =^ mean heat^ capacity^ of^ calorimeter^ in^ joules^ per^ degree. / =^ cirrrent in^ amperes^ (mean^ value) E =^ potential^ drop^ in^ volts^ (mean^ value) T =^ dtiration^ of^ energy^ supply^ to^ calorimeter^ in^ seconds. d =^ average thermocouple^ deflection^ in^ millimeters^ during experiment.
/ =^ time in^ minutes^ between^ initial^ and^ final readings of
B=rate of^ thermal^ leakage^ to^ calorimeter^ from^ surround-
couple deflection.
i^i =^ initial^ resistance^ of^ thermometer^ in^ ohms. i?2 =^ final^ resistance^ of^ thermometer^ in^ ohms. ^i? =^ difference^ between^ initial^ and^ final^ resistance^ of^ the
Km =^ the^ difference^ factor^ for^ the^ resistance^ thermometer,
i. e., -—=^ in degrees per ohm.
M =mass of specimen in^ grams. The current and potential drop^ were always so nearly constant
that the approximation in taking the product of their mean values
multiplied by the time as the total energy^ is well^ within the limit
of allowable error.
A complete description of the method and^ results of the cali-
bration of^ the^ calorimeter^ resistance thermometer and of the
in a preceding paper.*^
given graphically in Fig. (^) 4. This chart was used in making
for any observed interval being taken from the curve at the point corresponding to the mean between the initial and final ther- mometer resistances. Since the performance of the thermometer
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was found to depend upon the previous thermal treatment, in
the use of the chart the appropriate calibration line was chosen to
correspond with the initial temperature of the experiments on the
particular day.
The values of the heat capacity of the calorimeter are given
graphically in Fig. (^) 5. The two curves there shown represent (^) the
values obtained with the two arrangements of the thermocouples
which were used in the determinations. When the earlier arrange-
ment was used, consisting^ of^ a^ single^ set of thermocouples, the
temperature between the surface of the calorimeter and a point
in the liquid near the jacket, the upper ciu*ve was obtained. The
lower curve was obtained with the later arrangement, making (^) use
of an additional^ set of^ couples^ the^ junctions^ of which^ were so
placed that when joined in series the two sets of couples indicated
the difference in temperature between the calorimeter and the
jacket surfaces.
These later results showed that in the original arrangement the
true temperature^ difference^ between^ calorimeter^ and^ jacket^ had
not been indicated^ owing^ to^ the^ effect^ of^ lag^ in^ liquid^ and^ jacket.
The significance^ of^ this^ fault^ in^ the^ apparatus^ did^ not^ appear^ until
after the experimental^ work^ on^ samples^ 1,2, and^3 had^ been com- pleted, but errors from this cause in^ the^ final^ results for these samples could be avoided in the manner explained below. The value of the observed total heat capacity of the empty calorimeter and of the calorimeter containing a specimen would be affected to the same extent by the improper placing of the ther- mocouple, provided that in the two experiments the manipulation of (^) the jacket was similar. If, therefore, in computing (^) the result
introduced into the resulting value of specific heat. It was necessary therefore (^) to employ the false values of heat capacity shown by the upper ctirve in Fig. 5 in computing the earlier results. It was ascertained that the variations in manipulation which did occur, such as the use of different amounts of refrigeration and compensating heating, etc., were not sufficient to cause any large systematic error.
64 Bulletin^ of the^ Bureau^ of Standards
Specific Heat of Ice
IVoLzs
Initial
pera- ture ^
Final
ture ^IdA-G 2 d-d'^ Aid-d")
Mean specific heat
Specific heat corrected
\alc.
^^obs-
degC degC degC degC degC
caho O'deg
41.853 31.648 36. 395 36. 750 .355 .0007 .4382 .4389 .4380 (^) +.
Osborne J Specific^ Heat^ and^ Heat^ of^ Fusion^ of^ Ice
Determinations of Specific Heat of Ice
[Mass, 399.8 grams]
65
Cor- rection for ther-
leak- age
Cor- rected total energy
Initial
pera- ture 01
Final
pera- ture
Tem- perature differ-
Total mean heat capacity
Mean heat capacity of (^) calo- rimeter By (^) to ^
Mean heat capacity of ice ^lt0^
Mean specific heat dy to (^) $ Sn.
joules
joules
joules 18069
degC -45. (^509)
degC
degC
ildeg
jideg
JIdeg
Ca/
2 18060.5 + 4.8 18065 35.094 24.915 10. 178 1774. 1023. 751.4. 3 18042.^ -^ 4.2 18039 24.915 14.974 9.9412 1814. 6 1032. 7 781.9.
6 3604.1 -^ 1.1 3603.0 3.344 1.459 1. 8853 1911.1 1046. 864.9. 7 1914. 6 -^ 0.3 1914.3 1.459 .530 .9289 2060. 8 1047. 1013. 7. June 13 1 18352. 7 -^ 9.1 18344 -26. 561 -16.409 10. 152 1807. 1031. 775.7. 2 18311.8 0.0 18312 16.371 6.470 9.9013 1849. 1039. 809.9. 3 5487.6 + 2.6 5490.2 6.470 3.551 2.9189 1880. 1044.7 836.2. 4 5484. -^ 2.2 5482. 7 3.551 .722 2.8286 1938. 1046. 5 891.8. 5 914.7 -^ 4.2 910.5 .722 .352 .3702 2459. 1047. 1412.2. 6 456.3 + 1.0 457.3 .352 .238 .1137 4022. 1047. 5 2974. 1.
TABLE (^5)
Specific Heat of Ice
Initial
pera- ture
Final
Mean specific heat
Specific corrected
(9calc.
deoC degC degC degC degC
calv> Q'deg
35.094 24. 915 29.570 30.004 .434 .0008 .4493 .4501 .4507 -. 26.561 16.409 20.877 21.485 .608 .0011 .4639 .4650 .4670 -.
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Determinations of Specific Heat of Ice
[Mass, 460.7 grams]
Cor- rection lor ther-
leak- age
Cor- rected total
Initial
pera- ture ^
Final
pera- ture
Tem- perature differ-
di to ^
Total mean heat capacity di to di
Mean heat capacity of calo- rimeter 01 to Si
Mean heat capacity of ice di to di
Mean specific heat
joules joules joules degC
degC
degC JIdeg JIdeg jideg
co/ g-deg
68 Bulletin^ of the^ Bureau^ of Standards
Specific Heat of Ice
[Vol. (^) Z
Initial
pera- ture ^
Final
ture (^) V^1^2=^
2 ~^
6-6' (^) A{6-d')
Mean specific heat
Specific corrected
^calc.
degC degC degC degC deaC
caho
39.567 29.^767 34.^319 34.667^ .348^ .0006^ .4405^ .4411^ .4418 -^. 35.865 26.^119 30.^607 30.992^ .385^ .0007^ .4481 .4488^ .4487 +.
27.973 20. 045 23. 680 24.009 .329 .0006 .4593 .4599 .4616 -.
.266 .073 .139 .170 .031 .0001 .6759 .6760 .7116 -^.