Mason+R

**Mason R.** **2011-2012**   **ABSTRACT** The purpose of this expirement was to find out what material burned the most in an amount of time. The hypothesis was that the wood and paper would burn the most because of how these are materials used in a normal fire. It was thought that the plastic would be burned about 60 % because it seemed like a thin material. It was also thought that the metal and dry ice would be burned 20% or less because they were dense when they were observed. The alcohol lamp was lit with the lighter. The wood was held half a meter over the alcohol lamp for 5 minutes with the tongs. When the 5 minutes were up the alcohol lamps flame was snuffed. It was observed how much of the wood was burned away. This was then repeated with the materials. None of the aluminum, rubber or metal burned. 5 % of the celery and silly putty burned. 10% of the wood burned off. 20% of the dry ice was burned away and 30% of the cardboard was burned. 40% of the pencil was burned and 50% of the fabric was burned. 100% of the candle, paper, and plastic were burned. **Expiremental improvements and Future Expirements** Future experimental improvements could be trying many more materials like glass or maybe some kind of chemicals. A variation also might be trying a different type of methanol in the alcohol lamp, or maybe a completely different chemical. Another variation might be to try different types of the materials, or different sizes of the materials. Another way would be to change the amount of time that the materials were burned. A future expirement would be trying to burn food over an open flame for different times. Then the food could be fed to a person and they could give the different foods ratings after being burned for different times. To read the entire ISP Paper click on the link below
 * MATERIALS BEING BURNED FOR AN AMOUNT OF TIME**