This technique’s constant-volume form occurs in a bomb vessel. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this technique that can calculate a sample’s heat capacity, sometimes performed in Styrofoam cups.
ANSWER: calorimetry [accept bomb calorimetry]
[10m] Calorimetry can be used to find the heat of combustion of this thermodynamic cycle, which describes piston engines. This cycle contains two constant-volume steps and includes a power stroke.
ANSWER: Otto cycle
[10h] This other technique complements differential scanning calorimetry by measuring mass changes over time. The quasistatic type of this technique allows samples to reach thermal equilibrium before proceeding.
ANSWER: thermogravimetric analysis [or thermal gravimetric analysis; accept TGA; accept thermogravimetry]
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