Post$-$Lab Questions

a$.$ Average $s_{\text{m}\text{e}\text{t}\text{a}\text{l}}$ from Report:

Values from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and

Physics Online $($accessed March $2,2022).$

c$.$ How well does your result agree with the reference value? $($For our procedure, error is good.$)$

$(1$ point$)$

d$.$ If your result does not agree with the reference value, suggest a possible source of experimental error.

$($If your results are good, you may omit this question without losing points$).(1$ point$)$

Changes in temperature can cause significant issues in different engineering applications due to thermal

expansion or reduced performance of materials at high temperature. As such, materials with large heat

capacities can be helpful in providing "heat sinks$"$ that can utilize the thermal energy from important

materials and prevent these materials from changing temperature as they operate. Specific heat is a

useful quantity for engineering because the mass of an object is easy to measure. Do the metals analyzed

in this experiment have different heat capacities from an engineering perspective? Explain your answer.

$(2$ points$)$