Specific Heat Capacity of Aluminium Experiment - GCSE Physics Required Practical

This video allows students to carry out an experiment on the specific heat capacity of aluminium from home. This is a required practical for students to be able to understand and carry out for GCSE Physics.

A 1.005 kg block of aluminium is heated by an immersion heater. A temperature reading is taken every minute for 10 minutes. The temperature and the energy required to heat the block is plotted on a graph, the gradient of which is used to then calculate the specific heat capacity of aluminium.

The full results as well as a blank table for students to fill in using the video can be found here:

Thanks for watching,

Lewis

Relevant for GCSE Physics 9-1 in the following exam boards:
AQA (including Trilogy)
OCR A
OCR B
WJEC (Physics only)
CIE (Cambridge International Examinations) IGCSE
Edexcel International IGCSE (Physics only)

00:00 - Introduction
01:33 - Setup
04:24 - The Experiment
14:33 - Summary
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[Akira-cdkf]

dang i wish u posted this earlier and that I had found your channel earlier. This came up in my mocks and I had no clue lol
Great video as always!

[mikeakinyode]

Had to come back to this for 2022 exams
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[inaya]

Thanks for helping me during lockdown home learning. Keep up making up energy transfers practical lessons please.

[hot_wheels.]

Thanks for posting its helping me a lot

[fbi]

really helps with my homework, thanks :)

[zinqflre]

Can you tell the Variables for this experiment?

[idontknowwhatiamdoing]

what did you put inside the aluminum box tho? is it empty?