Investigating the Heating of Different Objects
AIM: The aim of this lab is to understand how things heat up – how the
temperature of a material changes when heat is donated to it -
HYPOTHESIS:
VARIABLES:
Specific Heat – Specific heat of a material is the amount of heat per
unit mass required to raise the temperature of that material by one
degree Celsius.
MATERIALS:
DATA:
Brass Table 1
Initial H2O Temp(c)
Final H20 Temp(c)
Weight (g)
Water (mL)
Change in Temp(c)
Error ±
0.05
0.05
0.005
0 .005
0.10
Trial 1
18.90
20.40
53.45
400.05
1.50
Trial 2
17.80
20.00
53.48
401.00
2.20
Steal Table 1
Initial H2O Temp(c)
Final H20 Temp(c)
Weight (g)
Water (mL)
Change in Temp(c)
Error ±
0.05
0.05
0.005
0 .005
0.10
Trial 1
18.90
20.00
49.45
400.05
1.10
Trial 2
16.90
19.90
49.50
399.80
3.00
Aluminum Table 1
Initial H2O Temp(c)
Final H20 Temp(c)
Weight (g)
Water (mL)
Change in Temp(c)
Error ±
0.05
0.05
0.005
0 .005
0.10
Trial 1
18.90
20.20
17.95
400.05
1.30
Trial 2
19.80
21.10
17.95
404.00
1.30
ANALYSIS:
Brass Table 2
Specific Heat H2O
Mass of H2O
H2O Diff. Temp
Metal Mass
Metal Temp Change
Specific Heat
A.V.
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