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Names
1. Thermal Equilibrium
2. Purpose-The purpose of this lab is…
Questions:
a. What is the direction of energy flow when you put two objects of different temperatures together?
b. What is the temperature of thermal equilibrium for room temperature water and one ice cube? Two
ice cubes?
c. In general, what is the temperature of thermal equilibrium between two objects with differing initial
temperatures?
3. Hypothesis (predictions)
a. I predict that…
b. I predict that…
c. I predict that…
4. Materials: use bullet points
5. Background: Write anything here that someone would need to know to understand your lab (definitions, etc)
6. Procedure
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7. Data Table-Complete the data tables.
Initial
Volume
of
Water
(mL)
Initial
Temperature
of Water
(C◦)
Initial
Volume
of Ice
(mL)
Initial
Thermal
Time to
Temperature Equilibrium Achieve
Thermal
of Ice (C◦)
(C◦)
Equilibrium
Final
Volume
of Water
(mL)
Final Volume
of Ice (mL)
Observations-Make your own observations about temperature, thermal equilibrium, or energy flow. Make sure
you record in bullet points or in a table.
6. Results (graph here) Click on insert, picture, and chart. Format the cells to reflect the above data. Make sure
that your graph makes sense and is presented appropriately in terms of the lab questions.
7. Conclusion-FOLLOW THE RERUN FORMAT and address the questions. Go beyond the basics (the ice
cube melted). When you are finished, post your lab on your UNIT 4 webpage. Also, remember to post your
conclusion on nicenet. No paper needed!