How todesign an experiment
In a lab, youwill have access to a mystery metal, a string, a retort stand, abeaker, a kettle, water, two thermometers, a stopwatch, a weightscale, and an insulated container with cup and lid. The metal canbe submerged in the container of water such that the water providesa temperature bath for the metal. Design determine thespecific heat capacity of the mystery metal. In your preparatoryassignment: brass an experiment that use the equipment providedto
1. Describeyour experimental design witha labelled diagram.
2. State theassumptions you are making in your design, if there areany.
3. Suggest thelikely sources of experimental uncertainty and your strategies tominimise them.
( Don't forgetto include the brass cup as part of your analysis! Look up a valuefor the specific heat capacity of brass and cite thesource)
