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Re: Keep the Heat B/Thermodynamics C
Posted: April 17th, 2013, 11:09 am
by GeoChamp96
Hi, everyone.
Just a quick question. I was wondering if PVC pipe would be considered a commercial insulator. The only reason I'm using it is because it was the only thing I could find that had an inside diameter of slightly more than 1.5cm.
Thanks in advance!
Re: Keep the Heat B/Thermodynamics C
Posted: April 17th, 2013, 5:05 pm
by siciscio
nope. it is not. you don't use it as a insulator in "real" life. Also there has been a clarification on the national site for this. (too lazy to put that up, maybe sometime later)
Re: Keep the Heat B/Thermodynamics C
Posted: April 17th, 2013, 7:32 pm
by GeoChamp96
siciscio wrote:nope. it is not. you don't use it as a insulator in "real" life. Also there has been a clarification on the national site for this. (too lazy to put that up, maybe sometime later)
Thanks!
Re: Keep the Heat B/Thermodynamics C
Posted: April 21st, 2013, 7:00 am
by [][][][][]
Hiiiii....
Sorry if this has already been asked, but what kind of equations could be helpful for the test part of this event?
Thanks in advance

Re: Keep the Heat B/Thermodynamics C
Posted: April 21st, 2013, 7:05 am
by ScienceOlympian
[][][][][] wrote:Hiiiii....
Sorry if this has already been asked, but what kind of equations could be helpful for the test part of this event?
Thanks in advance

Gibb's Free Energy, Enthalpy, Entropy, etc.
If you look at soinc.org under Keep the Heat, there is this awesome link that leads you to a research site with all the equations.
Re: Keep the Heat B/Thermodynamics C
Posted: April 21st, 2013, 6:44 pm
by MagicalMurder
What are you guys using to measure temperature?
Re: Keep the Heat B/Thermodynamics C
Posted: April 21st, 2013, 6:53 pm
by Schrodingerscat
MagicalMurder wrote:What are you guys using to measure temperature?
We used Vernier temperature probes (for both testing and in competition).
Re: Keep the Heat B/Thermodynamics C
Posted: April 27th, 2013, 8:07 pm
by Robertchan99
Any idea who is running Keep the Heat at Nationals?
Re: Keep the Heat B/Thermodynamics C
Posted: April 27th, 2013, 11:50 pm
by penclspinner
Robertchan99 wrote:Any idea who is running Keep the Heat at Nationals?
Yes; but what's the point?
Re: Keep the Heat B/Thermodynamics C
Posted: April 28th, 2013, 6:40 am
by Cheesy Pie
Robertchan99 wrote:Any idea who is running Keep the Heat at Nationals?
Might be the guy from IL States. He also ran our Regionals, and I think he said that he ran Nats.