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Testing the Heat Conductivity of Different Materials

Background Information:

If youve ever wrapped your hands around a cup of hot chocolate, youve felt heat
transfer through conduction. The heat from the hot chocolate transfers through the
cup to your hand. Does the material the coffee cup is made from make a difference?
Different materials conduct heat differently. Pure metals conduct heat more rapidly
than mixed metals due to their closely packed molecular arrangement. Other
materials such as wood, plastic, and glass do not conduct heat well.

Thermal conductivity is a physical property a property that refers to a materials


ability to transfer heat. Different materials are given different thermal conductivity
values.

Aim:

To determine which coffee cup is the best choice for a coffee shop to use based on its
insulation ability.
Independent Variable: _____________________________________
Hypothesis:
The cup made of _________________________ will stay the warm the longest.

Materials:

1 x Plastic cup 1 x tbsp. coffee powder

1 x Styrofoam cup 1 x stirring rod

1 x Metal cup 1 x stopwatch

1 x Paper cup 4 x thermometer

1 x Ceramic cup

Method: (Each group tests two materials)

1. Collect two different coffee cups of different materials.


2. Collect two thermometers and a stopwatch.
3. Fill an electric kettle with water and boil.
4. Pour the hot water into each cup to the 100mL mark.
5. Place one thermometer in each cup and record the initial temperatures of
water in each cup.
6. Record the temperature of the thermometers after every minute for 20
minutes. Record results in Table 1:
Results:

The cup made of ______________________ stayed warm the longest, where as the
cup made of __________________________lost heat the quickest.

Table 1: Temperature measurement for 20 minutes.


Time (mins) Temperature OC
Plastic Cup Styrofoam Metal Cup
Cup
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

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