Neste artigo é descrito a construção de um calorímetro simples para o desenvolvimento de um protocolo com o qual é possível determinar a entalpia de dissolução de sais. Para isto, foram utilizadas soluções de sais de carbonato de sódio, bicarbonato de sódio, sulfato de cobre e cloreto de sódio bem como termômetro e recipiente de poliestireno expandido (isopor). O experimento permite assimilar alguns conceitos sobre Termoquímica e pode ser aplicado em qualquer escola de ensino médio, visto que utiliza material de fácil aquisição e baixo custo.

In this article the construction of a simple calorimeter for the development of a protocol with which it is possible to determine the enthalpy of dissolution of salts is described. Thereunto, salts solutions such as sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, copper sulfate and sodium chloride besides one thermometer and one expanded-polystyrene (Styrofoam) container were used. The experiment allows to assimilate Thermochemistry concepts and can be applied to any high school, since it uses materials easily obtainable at low cost.

A multicommuted method for determination of chlorine in water samples using a 100-cm cell was developed. In this method, orto-Tolidine reacts with chlorine and the product was monitored at 438 nm. The analytical curve for chlorine was linear in concentration range from 1.34x10-6 to 2.01x10-5 mol L-1 with a detection limit of 9.40x10-8 mol L-1. A sampling rate of 45 h-1and a RSD of 1.0 % (n = 15) were obtained. The method was applied with success for chlorine determination in six water samples.

A simple flow injection procedure was developed for determining dipyrone (1-phenyl-2,3-dimethyl-4-methylaminomethano-5-pyrazolone sodium, metamizol, analgin) in pharmaceutical formulations. The determination is based on the reduction of Ag+ ions to Ag0 by dipyrone. A colloidal suspension of Ag0 produced was transported by carrier solution (0.01 mol L-1 NaOH) and turbidimetrically detected at 425 nm. The analytical curve for dipyrone was linear in the range from 5.0 x 10-4 to 2.5 x 10-3 mol L-1 with a correlation coefficient of 0.9990. The detection limit was 1.3 x 10-4 mol L-1 (3sigmaB/slope). The relative standard deviation for ten successive measurements was 1.8% and an analytical frequency of 45 h-1 was obtained. The recovery values from three samples ranged from 96.0 to 102%.