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Nuts! Calculating Thermal Efficiency PDF
The student will:

• measure the amount of energy absorbed by water using two types of nuts as fuel.
• redesign the burner used in the original investigation.
• compare the efficiencies of the two systems.
• calculate an approximate efficiency rating for a butane burner heating water.