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Results
Problem: Nuts will not burn. No results. (Are you sure?)Peanut- 1min, 42s, 62ms
Cashew nut- 3 min, 13s, 90ms.
Conclusion: Cashew nuts contain more energy.
Analysis: Experiment is inaccurate. One flame could produce more heat than the other. However, our thermometers cannot measure the amount of heat that the flame produces even when using it to heat water, so we had to resort to this. Given proper equipment, the experiment could be repeated to a greater degree of accuracy regarding the amount of energy released.

Procedure
1. First, place 1g of cashewGet two nuts into the bowl.of about 1g each.
2. FillGrab the second bowlcashew nut with 10ml of water. Record the initial temperature.tweezer. Have your partner prepare a stopwatch.
3. Using the cashew nuts.nut.
4. Hold the bowl above the flame. GetHave your partner to holdstart the thermometer instopwatch as soon as the water, making sure that it is not touching the bowl.nut catches fire.
5. WhenStop the stopwatch when the fire burns out, recordstops. If necessary, run water on the temperature.tweezer near your fingers so the metal does not heat up to become unbearable.
6. Repeat steps 1-5 with peanuts.

A scale of some sort (preferably accurate to the nearest gram)
A lighter
A bowlpair of tweezers
A smaller bowlstopwatch
Two kinds of nuts (in this case, peanuts and cashew nuts.)
20ml50ml of water
A thermometer

Results
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Results
Problem: Nuts will not burn. No results.

Procedure
1. First, place 1g of cashew nuts into the bowl.
2. Fill the second bowl with 10ml of water. Record the initial temperature.
3. Using the lighter, light the cashew nuts.
4. Hold the bowl above the flame. Get your partner to hold the thermometer in the water, making sure that it is not touching the bowl.
5. When the fire burns out, record the temperature.
6. Repeat steps 1-5 with peanuts.

Nutty Flame
The 'Nutty Flame' experiment is to find out which nut, of two different types of nuts, releases more energy when burnt. This can be achieved by burning each nut, and using the flame to heat up 10ml of water. Whichever nut increases the temperature of the water by a greater amount contains more energy than the other.
This experiment has three key variables, two of which must be kept constant. They are shown in the table below.
Variable
Constant/Varied?
Volume of water
Constant
Mass of nut
Constant
Type of nut
Varied
For this experiment, you need:
A scale of some sort (preferably accurate to the nearest gram)
A lighter
A bowl
A smaller bowl
Two kinds of nuts (in this case, peanuts and cashew nuts.)
20ml of water
A thermometer