What makes a good insulator and why?
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Insulation Coursework What makes a good insulator and why? Design an experiment to show which materials are good insulators Experiment I am going to conduct an experiment to find out what materials are the best conductors by heating a certain amount of water to a certain and controlled temperature with a kettle and measure the temperature with a thermometer, I will use the same temperature and amount of water with each test, I will then put that heated water into a copper pot, this I will also keep the same, the copper pot will then have a cork with a small hole in, for the thermometer, placed into the copper pot, the temperature will then be taken every minute till a certain limit. The results will then be compared with various covers as well as a copper pot without insulation, this will then help to tell me what materials make good insulators. To keep...

