Open AccessOn the apparent change in weight during chemical reaction
Author(s) -
John Manley
Publication year - 1912
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1912.0073
Subject(s) - series (stratigraphy) , work (physics) , balance (ability) , chemical reaction , mathematics , computer science , chemistry , thermodynamics , geology , physics , psychology , organic chemistry , paleontology , neuroscience
In this communication are considered some of the causes which give rise to apparent changes in the total mass of chemically reacting substances. A short review of the work of and the conclusions drawn by the late Prof. Landolt is first given, and then we deal with the conditions under which one of Landolt’s final experiments was repeated by us. Next our balance and reaction vessels are briefly described, together with the preliminary treatment to which the latter were subjected prior to their being weighed. Following this, our first plan for weighing is outlined and then illustrated with the aid of data given in the form of tables and otherwise; then, by means of an actual example, the method adopted for calculating final results from our two series of preliminary experiments is explained.