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I wanted to do this topic because it involved burning things.
 * Introduction**

What holds the most energy out of 15g wood shavings and 10 mls of meths, 10 mls of turps and 10 mls of kerosene.
 * Aim**

I thought that meths would hold the most energy because dad always started the charcoal burner (BBQ). And I thought that turps would hold the least energy because I had never heard of it and never heard of anyone starting a fire with it.
 * Hypothesis**


 * Equipment**

- Big tin can. - Stop watch. - Thermometer. - Small tin can. - pot. - measuring jug - measuring cylinder - Glass beaker - steel rod ( for lifting the hot tin ) - scales
 * - butane burner

material  - Wood shavings. - Turps 10 mls. ** - H20 500 mls. - Meths 10 mls.


 * Methodology**

1. Get the small tin and fill it with wood shavings (15 grams). 2. Pour 10 mils of meths over the wood shavings. 3. Light it. 4. Quickly put the big tin can over it. 5. Then put on the pot (which has got 500 miles in it). 6. Start a timer. 7. Record the temp every minute. 8. Then make a graph.


 * Conclusion**

My hypothesis was wrong because I thought that wood shavings and meths would hold the most energy to burn, but wood shavings and kerosene holds the most energy to burn and I thought that wood shavings and turps will have the least energy to burn , but wood shavings and meths burnt the least. Out of them all. Turps was in-between them it burnt okay. kerosene burnt better because it is a flammable liquid obtained by distilling petroleum at a high temperature.


 * Story**

I used the wood shaving because it absorbed all the meths / turps / Kerosene and controlled the fire better. We had to drill holes in the bottom of the small tin so that it got air flow if we hadn't most of the wood would not of been burnt. as seen in photo 1. We also had to cut out a bit at the bottom to so that the air can flow throw into the holes. As seen in photo 2.


 * My first experiments results.**

This graph shows how fast the temperature had risen and how hot the temperature got to. It shows that the temp goes up not down and it shows that my data is reliable.





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