Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Uncertainty Calculations


NaCl Uncertainty calculations: For each experiment uncertainty = -0.005
Temperature
Uncertainty Calculation
25
35.63g  +- 0.005  (0.005/35.63)*100 = 0.014%
25
35.31g + - 0.005 (0.005/35.31)*100 = 0.014%
25
34.22g +- 0.005 (0.005/34.22)*100 = 0.015%
40
36.04g + - 0.005 (0.005/36.14)*100 = 0.014%
40
39.11 +- 0.005 (0.005/39.11)*100 = 0.013%
48
33.15 + - 0.005 (0.005/33.15)*100 = 0.015%
50
34.72 + - 0.005 (0.005/34.72)*100 = 0.014%
60
37.80 + - 0.005 (0.005/37.80)*100 = 0.013%
60
About 41g + - 0.5 (0.5/41)*100 = 1.22%

CO2 calculations:                                                                                                                                                                 For each experiment uncertainty = 0.005+0.005 =0.01
Experiment
Temperature
Uncertainly Calculation

1
26
91.00 %  +- 0.01  (0.01/91.00)*100 =
0.0103%
2
26
78.32% +- 0.01  (0.01/78.32)*100 =
0.0128%
3
39
87.89% +- 0.01  (0.01/87.89)*100 =
0.0114%
4
40
84.00% +- 0.01  (0.01/84.00)*100 =
0.0119%
5
60
50.90% +- 0.01  (0.01/50.90)*100 =
0.0196%
6
55
84.00% +- 0.01  (0.01/84.00)*100 =
0.0119%


The average uncertainty for the final result is 0.013%