Heat Capacity in Adiabatic Vessels: Corrections for Errors

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In an experiment involving a chemical reaction in an adiabatic vessel with finite heat capacity, the adiabatic assumption may fail if the reaction produces enough heat, potentially leading to heat transfer outside the vessel. This raises concerns about maintaining the adiabatic condition. To correct for errors arising from this assumption, one approach is to use a water bath that matches the temperature of the reaction inside the vessel. This setup would require energy equal to the heat generated in the vessel to maintain the bath's temperature, thus preventing heat transfer and preserving the adiabatic nature of the system.
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just trying to get my head around heat capacity here for an experiment;

if conducting a reaction in an adiabatic vessel, of which its material has a finite heat capacity, does this mean that if sufficient heat is produced within the vessel (through a chemical reaction), that the adiabatic assumption will no longer apply because heat will be transferred outside of the vessel?

if that's true, how could you correct for the errors that may arise in the adiabatic assumption?
 
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zass said:
just trying to get my head around heat capacity here for an experiment;

if conducting a reaction in an adiabatic vessel, of which its material has a finite heat capacity, does this mean that if sufficient heat is produced within the vessel (through a chemical reaction), that the adiabatic assumption will no longer apply because heat will be transferred outside of the vessel?

if that's true, how could you correct for the errors that may arise in the adiabatic assumption?

Every material has finite capacity as heat capacity degradation is true when T\to\infty and heat flows from 'warm' to 'cold'. For the adiabatic assumption to be maintained, I imagine that a water bath with a temperature equal to the temperature of the reaction in the vessel would have to be employed to keep the process truly adiabatic. The energy required to keep the bath at the temperature of the vessel to ensure that no heat transferred would be equal to that produced in the vessel.
 
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