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The purpose of this experiment was to find out how much hand warmers warm up in different situations. Hand warmers are made of different materials which make a chemical reaction and heat; many people have done experiments on heat but not that many on hand warmers. A few hand warmers were put in different materials, and when they were put in the materials the hand warmers warmed up different amounts. Once the hand warmers temperature was measured it turned out that the hand warmers that were in the glove got the hottest followed by a paper envelope, a neoprene water bottle cover, and lastly was a plastic container. The reason why the glove did better than the plastic container is because the glove is tight and doesn’t let the heat escape, while the container is big and open and it lets the heat get away from the hand warmer.

Some improvments that would be made is labeling the hand warmers. It was confuzing when the hand warmer was shaken and it was forgoten how many shakes it was supposed to get. If the hand warmers were labeled, then it would be easier to know how many shakes. A future experiment that could be done is, if how big the container is affects how warm the hand warmer gets. There are also many other experiments that could be done on this topic.