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On Apr 24, 2009, at 5:42 PM, JMGreen wrote:
An acquaintance asks the following:
"A quiz site I help with has calorimeter defined as'an instrument
that measures the heat transfer of a reaction'. Can this definition
be improved?"
Comments?
What "reaction" is responsible for thermal energy released in a wire
(carrying an electric current) inside a calorimeter?