J Güémez et al 2005 Eur. J. Phys. 26 25 doi:10.1088/0143-0807/26/1/004
J Güémez1, C Fiolhais2 and M Fiolhais2
Show affiliationsQuantitative experiments on supersaturated solutions are presented. They serve to introduce topics such as the solubility curve and irreversible phase transitions. Experimental results are analysed with the aid of Hess's law. These kind of experiments, which in the present case employed sodium acetate trihydrate, may be chosen as a student's project in experimental thermodynamics.
Issue 1 (January 2005)
Received 9 July 2004, in final form 10 September 2004
Published 26 October 2004
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