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Physics Investigation: How does insulation effect the loss of heat? In this investigation I am going to try and find out what difference it makes if you wrap newspaper round a beaker with hot water in it and see if the heat loss is different with different thickness layers of newspaper. I carried out a preliminary experiment and found out that by only increasing the layers of thickness by 1 layer each time, that wont make enough difference to make a good graph because the trends will be too similar. So I chose to increase the layers by five sheets each time. Apparatus: * Beaker * Stopwatch * Newspaper * Polystyrene * Thermometer * Kettle * Stand and clamp I will also take a number of safety precautions whilst conducting the investigation. I will ensure the kettle is used safely through out the experiment, and hot water is transferred securely. . I will use protection when handling the boiling...

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