Erin+G13

Erin G. 2012-2013
 * TESTING WHICH MILK IS THE HOTTEST AFTER 10 SECONDS IN THE MICROWAVE **

=ABSTRACT =

The purpose of this experiment was to find out which type of milk was the hottest after ten seconds in the microwave. The milk types that were used were soy, whole, and non-fat. It was hypothesized that the whole milk would be the hottest since it had the most ash and fat in it. The different types of milk were placed in a separate cup each and were put in the microwave. The temperature of each of the types of milk were measured and recorded. It was found that soy milk is the hottest and the whole milk was the coolest. The non-fat milk ended up in between both of them. The soy milk had an ending temperature of 50.5 degrees Celsius which was the hottest temperature by nearly 20.5 degrees. If put on a hot plate however, the whole milk was the hottest and the soy milk was the coolest.

=EXPERIMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FUTURE EXPERIMENTS =

Experiment improvements include an equal amount of time getting out of the microwave before you measure the temperature of it. You can also make sure that you use the milk on the same day and the experiments are done on the same day. Future experiments include if it is possible to increase the temperature by adding something to the milk to increase the temperature. Then, evolving from this, you could test if you can get the temperature even lower than with baking soda.

