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I am investigating the rate at which heat energy is lost and heat transfer happens when a beaker of boiling water is wrapped in different materials.
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INTRODUCTION For this piece of coursework, I am investigating the rate at which heat energy is lost and heat transfer happens when a beaker of boiling water is wrapped in different materials. These experiments involved the temperature of hot water being recorded at different times in a glass beaker. Heat is generally transferred by conduction, convection and radiation. Energy transfer in solids is by means of CONDUCTION. CONDUCTION Materials that allow thermal energy to transfer through them quickly are called CONDUCTORS. Those that do not are called INSULATORS. If one end of a conductor is heated the atoms that make up its structure start to vibrate more vigorously. As the atoms in a solid are linked together by chemical bonds the increased vibration can be passed on to other atoms. The energy of movement (kinetic energy) passes through the whole material. Metals are particularly good conductors because their structure contains...
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