To set up a lab to measure the coefficient of expansion of a metal, is it
feasible to use electric heating tape or and electric heating coil as a
heat source in place of the convention, but messy and hazardous ice water
and live steam?
If so what are some sources to obtain lengths of safe heating tape?
Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where our students get burns blisters using steam boilers and
lab benches and notebooks are damaged when ice water is spilled)