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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.