Calculate the amount of heat lost by the hot water and the heat gained by the cold water. The difference, representing the heat gained by the calorimeter, divided by the corresponding temperature change, gives the "water equilvalent" or "correction factor" of the calorimeter. The units associated with this factor must be J/deg C.
Data:
We mixed 50 ml of room temp water (21.9 deg C) in a calorimeter with 50 ml of water that was heated (64.3 deg C).
Next we took readings of temps every 30 seconds in degrees Celsius:
41.9, 41.7, 41.5, 41.4, 41.1, 41.0, 40.8, 40.7
We repeated this and got: Temp of cold H20: 22.2, Temp hot H20: 46.5
After mixing: 34.0, 33.8, 33.6, 33.5, 33.5, 33.4, 33.3, 33.3