Crash Course
Calorimetry: Crash Course Chemistry
Today's episode dives into the HOW of enthalpy. How we calculate it, and how we determine it experimentally...even if our determinations here at Crash Course Chemistry are somewhat shoddy.
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Table of Contents
Hess' Law 2:30
Calorimeter...
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