What do your results tell you? Are there any relationships, patterns or trends in your results?
From our [processed] results, we can conclude that the polystyrene cup served as the least effective conductor of heat, the tin mug coming in at a close second. The most effective material for heat conduction was the plastic mug.
At the beginning of the tests, all of the water in the cup declined in temperature at a steady, even rate, but once one minute had passed, they had all started to cool down at very different rates. The plastic trails held the most change, and the water being used for that experiment cooled a lot faster than the other trails; almost two times faster than the water in the polystyrene cup.
The polystyrene and tin mug were very similar; from a standpoint that is observing the cooling rate of the water. They were almost identical in temperature, until three minutes had passed when they both started to cool faster/slower than the other; but even then, the gap between the different temperatures was still extremely close.
Can you explain the relationships, patterns or trends in your results? Try to use some scientific ideas to help explain what happened.
Looking back on the experiment, the equipment used may have had an effect on the test results. For example, the plastic cup had the lowest temperature; this …show more content…
The main reason why is because of the makeup of the foam. While it is unable to be noticed by the naked eye, polystyrene foam is surrounded by tiny air bubbles (this explain why, although Polystyrene is a porous material, it retains the water heat).. As already proven in the past, air is poor at conducting heat, so it doesn't allow any of the heat from the water to transfer in the Polystyrene. As none of the heat from the water is lost to the cup, the water remains heated, hence why the Polystyrene was left with the warmest temperature at the end of the
From our [processed] results, we can conclude that the polystyrene cup served as the least effective conductor of heat, the tin mug coming in at a close second. The most effective material for heat conduction was the plastic mug.
At the beginning of the tests, all of the water in the cup declined in temperature at a steady, even rate, but once one minute had passed, they had all started to cool down at very different rates. The plastic trails held the most change, and the water being used for that experiment cooled a lot faster than the other trails; almost two times faster than the water in the polystyrene cup.
The polystyrene and tin mug were very similar; from a standpoint that is observing the cooling rate of the water. They were almost identical in temperature, until three minutes had passed when they both started to cool faster/slower than the other; but even then, the gap between the different temperatures was still extremely close.
Can you explain the relationships, patterns or trends in your results? Try to use some scientific ideas to help explain what happened.
Looking back on the experiment, the equipment used may have had an effect on the test results. For example, the plastic cup had the lowest temperature; this …show more content…
The main reason why is because of the makeup of the foam. While it is unable to be noticed by the naked eye, polystyrene foam is surrounded by tiny air bubbles (this explain why, although Polystyrene is a porous material, it retains the water heat).. As already proven in the past, air is poor at conducting heat, so it doesn't allow any of the heat from the water to transfer in the Polystyrene. As none of the heat from the water is lost to the cup, the water remains heated, hence why the Polystyrene was left with the warmest temperature at the end of the