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Lagging Pipes.
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COURSEWORK ASSESSMENT - ALL SKILLS - Sc4 Lagging Pipes Planning Purpose During the colder months of the year, the water in unprotected water pipes can freeze. As it does this it expands causing the pipe to split. I have been asked to investigate how different numbers of layers of an insulating material can affect this process using boiling tubes as a model. Diagram Method This experiment is to investigate how the thickness of the insulation affects the rate of cooling of the water in the pipe. I will set up the apparatus as above with 1 layer of the bubble wrap that covers most of the boiling tubes fastened with elastic bands to hold it in place. I will set up four more sets of apparatus as the above diagram. Each with an extra layer of bubble wrap up to a maximum of 5 layers. I will then fill the boiling tubes 40ml full of boiling...
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