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    This document discusses the three main modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation. It provides procedures for experiments to investigate each mode. For conduction, students rank materials by thermal conductivity by feeling objects at room temperature. For convection, students observe colored water transfer between bottles with and without an index card barrier. For radiation, they compare cooling and warming rates of identically filled metal containers that are polished or painted black. The objective is to investigate the different methods of heat transfer through hands-on experiments.

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    This document discusses the three main modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation. It provides procedures for experiments to investigate each mode. For conduction, students rank materials by thermal conductivity by feeling objects at room temperature. For convection, students observe colored water transfer between bottles with and without an index card barrier. For radiation, they compare cooling and warming rates of identically filled metal containers that are polished or painted black. The objective is to investigate the different methods of heat transfer through hands-on experiments.

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    This document discusses the three main modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation. It provides procedures for experiments to investigate each mode. For conduction, students rank materials by thermal conductivity by feeling objects at room temperature. For convection, students observe colored water transfer between bottles with and without an index card barrier. For radiation, they compare cooling and warming rates of identically filled metal containers that are polished or painted black. The objective is to investigate the different methods of heat transfer through hands-on experiments.

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    This document discusses the three main modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation. It provides procedures for experiments to investigate each mode. For conduction, students rank materials by thermal conductivity by feeling objects at room temperature. For convection, students observe colored water transfer between bottles with and without an index card barrier. For radiation, they compare cooling and warming rates of identically filled metal containers that are polished or painted black. The objective is to investigate the different methods of heat transfer through hands-on experiments.

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    Pass the Heat

    Introduction
    Early in life we acquire a working knowledge of how heat is transferred. We
    know that a spoon gets hot when placed in a cup of hot coffee. We trust that cloth
    or paper may be safely used to pick up warm metals and that the wooden handles
    of pot lids and kettles does not hot enough to burn us. Convection has been man’s
    chief method of distributing heat energy from fire. Water in a kettle is heated by
    convection currents. Convection currents in the atmosphere result in wind. Heat
    from the sun reaches us by radiation. We wear light- colored clothes during the hot
    summer months but dark ones during the cold months.
    There are three ways by which heat is transferred from warmer objects to
    cooler ones. These are conduction, convection, and radiation. Conduction is heat
    transfer by molecular collision. Convection transfers heat by the actual motion of
    the heated fluid. Conduction is the main mode of heat transfer for solids, while
    convection is the mode for the fluids. Radiation is heat transfer by electromagnetic
    waves.

    The three modes of heat transfer


    Objective
    Investigate the different methods of heat transfer.
    Materials
    a large Pyrex test tube thermometers
    steel wool ice cubes
    stop watch food dye (blue and yellow)
    2 cans (one painted black) small index card
    2 empty soft drink bottles ( glass or plastic ) beaker
    Bunsen burner ice water
    test-tube holder
    Estimated Time Frame
    1 hour and 30 minutes
    Procedure
    A. Conduction
    1. Select six objects made of different materials inside the laboratory.
    2. Hold them next to your cheek. Since they are all inside the
    laboratory, they must be at the same temperature. What do you
    feel?
    3. Rank the materials of which the objects are made of according to
    their thermal conductivities, with 1 as the highest thermal
    conductivity. Write your answers in part A of Data and Results on
    page 139.

    B. Conductivity of Water
    1. Put a few pieces of ice in a large Pyrex test tube.
    2. Put a coil of wire or a small piece of steel wool on top of the ice.
    3. Fill the test tube with water until it is nearly full.
    4. Slant the tube and heat it carefully near the top until the water
    boils.
    5. Record in part B the time it takes for the ice to melt.
    6. Repeat steps 1 to 4 but this time heat the tube near the bottom.
    7. Compare the two time elements obtained. What does this tell you
    about the thermal conductivity of water?

    Setup for procedure B


    C. Convection
    1. Put some water in a beaker and heat it until 45 . Add blue food dye.
    Fill a bottle to the brim with this blue warm water.
    2. Add the yellow food dye to the ice water. Fill the other bottle to the
    brim with ice water.
    3. Place the index card over the mouth of the warm water bottle. Turn it
    upside down, holding the index card as firmly as possible. Rest it on top
    of the ice water bottle so that they are positioned mouth-to-mouth, with
    the card separating them.
    4. Carefully slip the card out from in between the two bottles. Make sure
    that you are holding onto the top bottle when you remove the card.
    Observe what happens to the colored liquids in the two bottles.
    5. Repeat steps 2 and 3, but this time place the bottle of cold water on top
    of the warm water. Observe what happens.
    6. Record observations in part C of Data and Results on page 139.
    D. Radiation
    1. Boil some water in a beaker. Pour equal amounts of boiling water into
    the two identical metal containers but one having a polished surface and the other a
    blackened surface.
    2. After ten minutes, take their temperatures. Which one cools first?
    3. Replace the boiling water with ice-cold water.
    4. After ten minutes, take their temperatures. Which one warms up faster?
    5. Record observations in part D of Data and Results on page 139.
    Our Lady of the Pillar Academy
    S, Y, 2009-2010

    Submitted by:
    Nurmina V. Misuari
    III- St. Luke

    Submitted to:
    Mdme: Janet Cabrera
    Subject Teacher

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