w
 




  
  
  

 




 From the graph created we can notice that air
{

We are investigating the process of heat and the sponge have the least amount of heat
1. We pack the space between the
transfer between different materials in losses. In fact their losses are quite similar,
two cups of the calorimeter with
order to determine which material provides which occurs due to the fact that the sponge
the materials.
the best insulation, i.e., the lowest heat contains many air bubbles(foam). The wood
2. We heat water to around 50°C
loss. shavings come third by a small difference, and
3. We pour the water in the smaller
water is the worst insulator out of the three.
cup.
We noticed that there is a large increase in
4.We seal the cup and insert a steel
temperature during the first 2 minutes in the



According to the third law of
thermodynamics heat will always flow
from the objects with a higher
temperature to those with a lower one.
This means that no matter what we try
, having no heat loss is impossible,
unless everything has the same
temperature.. In order to minimize
heat losses, we have to use materials
that do not conduct thermal energy
very good.
rod that records temperature
graphs of all the materials except for water.
every 2 minutes
This can be attributed to the fact that the steel
rod we use to measure temperature does not
immediately record the actual temperature.
m
 
There is also a large drop in the temperature of
For materials we choose four materials that
water. This is probably caused due to the fact
are commonly used as insulators.
that the water was at room temperature,
Materials used:
meaning that the heat flowed from the heated
1. Sponge
water to the cool water much faster than
expected.
2. Wood shavings
3. Water

4. Air

Calorimeter
Illustration of the third law of thermodynamics

SAMPLE POSTER