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Keeping Hot Drinks Hot.
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Science Investigation - Keeping Hot Drinks Hot Analysis From my results, I can tell that the best insulator in the experiment is Polystyrene. The worst insulator in the test was aluminium. The polystyrene is a very good insulator because it has several air pocket which keep heat in. Air is a good insulator of heat, which helps keep object warm. In this test, aluminium foil is the worst insulator. Metals are good conductors and are not good insulators. Aluminium foil is a metal therefore, it would be likely for it to be one of the worst insulators. The heat is lost due to conduction. This is when particles get heated and start to move rapidly. The particles bump into each other, causing the heat to move along the metal. This is taking the heat away from the original object. A Diagram To Show Conduction Convection is also present in this experiment. In the beaker, there...
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