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Isaac F. 2012-2013
 * The Amount of Energy It Takes to Heat Up Water and Ice Water **

**Abstract** The purpose of this experiment was to find out how much energy it takes to heat up water and water with different amounts of ice to around 49 degrees. It was hypothesized that tap water would be twenty times hotter than water with 10 pieces of ice, 10 times hotter than water with 5 pieces of ice, and 2 times hotter than water with 1 pieces of ice.To conduct this experiment, water had to be microwaved for two minutes. This turned out to be around 49 degrees. After this, water with one piece of ice was microwaved until it reaches around 49 degrees. Lastly, water with five pieces of ice was microwaved until it reaches around 49 degrees. Tap water took 120 seconds to reach around 49 degrees. Water with one piece of ice also took 120 seconds to reach around 49 degrees. Water with five pieces of ice took an average of 165 seconds to reach 49 degrees Celsius. A second experiment was done to test the heat capacity of different liquids.

**Experiment Improvements and Future Experiments** One thing that would improve the experiment would be if there was a way to measure the temperature of the water while it was being microwaved. Then it would be possible to get the exact time of when the water hits the same temperature as the other water. A possible future experiment would be adding ice to the sodas to see what the temperature change would be.  = =