What about the plastic containers of blue liquid that one freezes and then puts in insulated containers to carry sandwiches and beer. There is a definite solid-liquid phase change involved.
Bob at PC
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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Brian Blais [bblais@bryant.edu]
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 12:17 PM
To: Forum for Physics Educators
Subject: [Phys-l] good specific heat materials
Hello,
I want to cover the topic of specific heat, and latent heat, with my
students in a lab setting. Are there any good, cheap, and available
materials that anyone has used and would recommend? Water is the
obvious standard, but perhaps anti-freeze, or some other materials
would be interesting as well.