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How Surface Area affects Heat Transfer.
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How Surface Area affects Heat Transfer. Plan. I will measure out 300ml of water heated up to 80?C, into a beaker, and dip a sphere of Plasticine into the water. Every 15 seconds I will record the temperature of the water and the Plasticine. When the Plasticine and the water are at the same temperature, I will replace the hot water with tap water. Then I will continue to record the temperature of the water and the Plasticine every 15 seconds, again, until they both reach the same temperature. At this point, I will repeat the experiment so far, but I will change the shape of the Plasticine, so it has a larger surface area, into a star, for instance. The investigation is intended to demonstrate the way in which surface area affects heat transfer, so I will be varying the surface area of the Plasticine. However, the surface area of the Plasticine is...
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