Yeti
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Thermal Physics - 2016 Fall
Introduction
In Fall 2016 semester, the Thermal Physic class ran an experiment to measure the performance of a Yeti 20 ounce insulated coffee cup. These Yeti cups had become very popular over the previous year, most people that had one said that it was unbelievable how long they would keep coffee hot, so we wanted to find out just how long that was.
Procedure
Materials used
- Vernier's original LabQuest (multimeter), that we ran in the computer with the Logger Pro softrware Logger Pro 3.5.8.1
- Insulated cups of the brand YETI
- Standard Styrofoam coffee cups
- Insulated coozie
Data
Analysis
Newton's Law of Cooling
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Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://api.formulasearchengine.com/v1/":): {\displaystyle h} is the heat transfer coefficient
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Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://api.formulasearchengine.com/v1/":): {\displaystyle m} is mass of water
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The heat transfer coefficient h is depended on the material. Alpha is dependent on the surface area and beta is dependent on
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Derivation
Solve equation for temperature as a function of time
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Solving for C using initial conditions
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Substituting C
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Solving for h
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