Insulation

Introduction         The experimenter is testing on denim, cotton T-shirt material, wool fabric, thermal underwear, polyester fabric, and a Ziplock bag with no insulator. From research the experimenter learned that wool is a fine soft wavy hair that forms all or part of the protective coat of a sheep. Since ancient times it was harvested to provide clothing and is an important part in textile trade because of its insulation. Woolen fabric is when the woolen …showed first 75 words of 963 total…

…showed last 75 words of 963 total…an experimental error is he always took the temperatures in the same order. The difference in seconds could change the data by a degree. The experimenter could improve this by rotating or making the measuring order randomly. Other areas of study can be the effect of the amount of layers of insulation on how much heat is retained. Bibliography ______. 'Wool'. Word Search. Groliers. 1995. ______. 'Cotton'. Netscape. 1995. Bochinski, Julianne, Science Fair Projects, Wiley Science Editions, New York, 1991