Experiment to investigate the Factors affecting the Energy Transfer Involved in the Cooling of Water
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Experiment to investigate the Factors affecting the Energy Transfer Involved in the Cooling of Water By Clare Dutton Introduction Water cools in many different ways due to a variety of different reasons, which depend on the way in which the water is contained. I will be considering how water in a plastic cup cools. If I put hot water in a plastic cup I would expect heat to be lost by radiation from the sides and the top, conduction through the base and evaporation from the top. If however, the sides and base were highly insulated; most heat would be lost by evaporation and radiation from the top. Here are the ways in which heat is lost from cooling water: 1) Radiation Radiation is the movement of heat energy by electro-magnetic waves. These leave the surface of the object and can pass through a gas or vacuum. The hotter the surface of the radiating object the...


