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Sophie Vernon 10a Mr Gale Physics Coursework 2 Comparing the thermal insulating properties of different materials Brief Two students lived in the same street in houses that were identical in size and shape. However, in winter they noticed that one of the homes had higher fuel bills than the other. They found this surprising because both of the homes had the same central heating system and were kept at the same temperature. The students decided to investigate this by using a beaker of water as the model for the house. Changing the type of insulation, measuring the temperature of the water in beaker and keeping the same the initial temperature of the water, the size of the beaker, the volume of the water and the thickness of the insulation. Three beakers were carefully insulated with a thickness of 0.5cm of material. However, because of it's shape the bubble plastic the same thickness all...

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