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An investigation into the relationship between heat loss and surface area to volume ratio
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An investigation into the relationship between heat loss and surface area to volume ratio Preliminary work To investigate this relationship what I did for my preliminary work is to collect six varying volumes of water in the same boiling tube: 4cm3, 6cm3, 8cm3, 10cm3, 12cm3 and 14cm3. The apparatus was set up as sown below. After doing this I will then heat the boiling tube to 100°c and then start the timer, noting at every 10 second interval what the temperature is, continuing for 200 seconds altogether. There will be a thermometer in the boiling tube telling us what the temperature of the water is and also one outside on the desk away from heat sources telling us, roughly, what the room temperature is. The problem which I encountered was that at this temperature the water will be boiling and 'spitting' hence also causing a safety hazard. We could put anti bump granules or put...
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