Would heat transfer be affected with
little or no gravity?
Experiment # 1: Heat Radiation
This experiment will explore basic heat absorption of different colored materials. We will send our experiment up to the International Space Station, and we will compare the different results to see if different levels of gravity on earth versus space affect heat radiation.
Data
Observations
What we noticed...
- In the flight data, the highest overall number of temperature is 104 degrees Fahrenheit. In the ground data, the highest temperature is 73 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In the ground data, there is more difference between the black and white than in the flight data.
- The lines keep going up and down. It looks like sharp waves.
- Flight data graphs one, two and three are very similar.
- The lowest number is 64 degrees Fahrenheit which is on the ground data graph for black and white together.
Conclusion
We feel that heat transfer (is/isn't) affected by little or no gravity because...
the ground data to the flight data are noticeably different. On the ground, the temperature difference from black to white is 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit, and in space the temperature difference is only 0.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
the ground data to the flight data are noticeably different. On the ground, the temperature difference from black to white is 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit, and in space the temperature difference is only 0.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
