For an experiment, I'm adding several substances (as powders) to hydrochloric acid, and measuring the temperature changes to calculate enthalpy. However when adding the powders, the mixture requires some stirring to get all of the substance reacting.
As I am measuring temperature via a temperature probe hooked up to a data logger (to obtain a temp. against time graph), I need a way to briefly stir the mixture in a controlled way that won't affect the change in temperature (reactions are both endo and exothermic). I have tried stirring with the probe itself, but this is not ideal as the probe is pretty sensitive and friction/bumping with the side of the vessel may affect the recording.
I initially looked at a magnetic stirring to obtain uniform and controlled stirring, but then I realized the magnet would absorb heat and potentially increase the temperature of the mixture through kinetic energy. So I'm after a stirring method that will not affect temperature, so that the temperature change I record is solely due to the reaction.
Any suggestions are welcome, because I can't think of any tool or method that would suit.
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