Determining the Specific Heat of Copper and the Heat of Neutralization for HCl and NaOH Through Calorimetric Analysis

In this experiment, the specific heat of copper was determined to be 4.10(J/g°C), the heat of neutralization of an HCl and NaOH acid-base reaction was determined to be -2591.6(kJ/mol), and the amount of heat flow for the dissolution of a salt in water was determined to be 6012.6(kJ/mol).  A calorimeter was used to measure the direction and quantity of heat flow into or out of the system, either endothermic or exothermic.  According to the data, it was determined that the temperature of copper increased over a period of 80 seconds, while the temperature of HCl and NaOH also increased, but the temperature of salt decreased over a period of 60 seconds.