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Ok so we did this lab today on Heat Transfer and Convection.
We had a flask full of hot water with green food coloring in it so we could observe where it would go. The teacher placed the hot flask into a beaker full of ice water. The water in the flask quickly came out of the flask and made a defined line by the top of the beaker.
Then she did a second one where the flask had cold water and the beaker had warm water. The food coloring did not come out of the flask until a few minutes later when the equilibrium (room temperature) was reached.
The homework question is:
What difference in the densities caused the pattern of movement observed when the hot dye was placed in cold water?
Thanks! The first answer that makes sense will be chosen as best answer!!
We had a flask full of hot water with green food coloring in it so we could observe where it would go. The teacher placed the hot flask into a beaker full of ice water. The water in the flask quickly came out of the flask and made a defined line by the top of the beaker.
Then she did a second one where the flask had cold water and the beaker had warm water. The food coloring did not come out of the flask until a few minutes later when the equilibrium (room temperature) was reached.
The homework question is:
What difference in the densities caused the pattern of movement observed when the hot dye was placed in cold water?
Thanks! The first answer that makes sense will be chosen as best answer!!