Would heat transfer be affected with
little or no gravity?
Experiment # 1: Heat Radiation
The Space CV experiment #1 is an experiment that explores radiation and the way that heat is absorbed with different colors. So we did that with black and white paper and found out that black paper absorbed more heat here on earth. But now we want to find out if the heat behavior would be different in space.
Data
Observations
What we noticed...
- The flight data was higher (in maximum) by 25.8 degrees Fahrenheit than the ground data.
- The black paper's data was higher than the white paper's maximum by 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
- For the ground data's range, some numbers were whole numbers like 7, 45 and 3.
- No number went below 56.5 degrees Fahrenheit for the ground data's maximum.
- The minimum temperature for ground data of black and white was the same, but the maximum temperature was a 2.5 degree Fahrenheit difference.
Conclusion
We feel that heat transfer (is/isn't) affected by little or no gravity because...
we need gravity to move. On the graphs in the flight data, the temperature stays near each other while the ground data temperature moves more. The range when it was in space was 95-100 degrees Fahrenheit while on earth the range is 70-78 degrees Fahrenheit, which means it moved more on earth.
we need gravity to move. On the graphs in the flight data, the temperature stays near each other while the ground data temperature moves more. The range when it was in space was 95-100 degrees Fahrenheit while on earth the range is 70-78 degrees Fahrenheit, which means it moved more on earth.
