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Capstone: From Calorimetry Data to a Hess's-Law Enthalpy Change

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This capstone combines a calorimetry measurement, the sign convention for enthalpy change, and the summation form of Hess's law into one complete thermochemical analysis.

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Treating the calorimeter's measured heat and the Hess's-law calculated value as needing to match exactly, rather than agreeing within the coffee-cup calorimeter's known imprecision, misreads what an idealized reference calculation can promise against a real measurement.