to my conditions. The heat absorbed by the water will be proportional in all three nuts. When the heat source is a hot object of known temperature, the specific and latent heat may be measured as the object cools. Latent heat is the one of the things we were just tested on. It is not associated with a change in temperature, but is the heat absorbed by a substance as it changes from one state to another, as from liquid to solid or vice versa ( I like that word for some reason). When the heat source is a chemical reaction, such as the burning of a fuel, the reacting substances are placed in a heavy steel vessel called a bomb. The bomb is placed within the calorimeter, and the reaction is started by ignition with an electric spark. I have a slightly different method for measuring the heat output. It is essentially a primitive calorimeter that I developed from a science website that now has ceased to exist. It consists of a tuna can size receptacle at the bottom to hold the burning substance, a large insulator around the tin and a can of water suspended above the burning object. You record the time and temperature of the water. It is small and portable so it is fit fir emergencies.One problem that was frequently mentioned in my research was that the nuts would be hard to ignite. Many possible solutions were given such as matches, candles, oil, and cardboard. I will find which works best and use it in my experiment. Another point raised was the point of how crushed nuts would do as opposed to whole nuts. I have decided to test both and include results. In my experiment there is no control group because it is a pure comparison between objects. You may be wondering if there are other criteria aside from the most heat emanated to determine the best heating source. Well there are. The first is how long it burns. Obviously this is a two bladed sword; you don’t want a nut that burns out in five seconds but you also don’t want one th...
