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Physics!

samapp · 2008-02-18 19:05:17

Hello smart leaving cert students. In a nutshell HELP!! . clothes made from certain fabrics e.g. denim are not suitable for hill walking or mountain climbing. carry out an investigation to compare the thermal insulating properties of 3 different fabrics (wool,cotton and denim) when they are dry and when they are wet. denim…

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samapp

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Hello smart leaving cert students. In a nutshell HELP!! .
clothes made from certain fabrics e.g. denim are not suitable for hill walking or mountain climbing. carry out an investigation to compare the thermal insulating properties of 3 different fabrics (wool,cotton and denim) when they are dry and when they are wet. denim must be one of them but try to use the 3 i suggested. Junior cert science projects physics 2008

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#2 18-02-2008 7:24pm

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Iirc what you do is get three containers of water, heat the water to X degrees C, then you use the three different fabrics as insulation around the containers and see which one loses heat the fastest.

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