What is a calorie? While most people think of calories in relation to food, calories are simply a unit of heat energy. In fact, measuring calories is essential to energy science because every chemical ...

This 5-minute video begins with a discussion about fuel, and then follows with a brief explanation on how to experimentally determine the fuel value for different types of fuel. The amount of energy ...

Calorimetry-thermal-analysis products measure the changes in temperature and the reaction of a material to the temperature changes; they are useful in measurement methods such as expansion, ...

It is possible that users are not performing to the best of their ability when using an antique differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) or other outdated methods. This can be the case when observing ...

In this virtual investigation, students will explore how much energy is released when various fuels are burned. The amount of energy released per gram of fuel, measured in joules (J), is known as the ...