Materials
Wetted Multifiber 6 ( 5 cm x
5 cm) of experiment 1, dry Multifiber 6 ( 5 cm x 5 cm), Ägyptische Zweischalenwaage, insulated
copper wire (D 0.6 mm), checkered paper, pen, scissors, alarm clock.
Experiment
1. Place the wet Multifiber
6 on the the left pan of the scale and a dry one on the right pan.
2. Balance the sacle by adding a piece of
insulated copper wire on the right pan (Fig. 1).
3. Start the alarm clock (Fig.
1: 12.05), remove pieces of wire as soon as the scale is clearly unbalanced
(Fig. 2: 12.10).
4. Fix the pieces of wire removed
for re-balancing the scale on a checkered paper. Write down the times needed
for evaporation.
Observations
1. After 5 minutes a slight loss of weight
can be seen (Fig. 2)
2. After 115 more minutes the rest
of the wire can be removed (Fig.3). The drying process is finished, the two
Multifibres have the same weight.
3. The following changes in
weight can be measured after 13 / 29 / 50 / 65 / 80 / 120 minutes (Fig.
4):
4. 3.9 cm / 9.4 (3.9+5.5) cm
/ 17.2 (9.4 + 7.8) cm / 21.8 (17.2 + 4.6) cm / 26.8 (21.8 + 5.0) cm / 32.4
(26.8 + 5.6) cm.
Explanation
The wet Multifiber 6 had adsorbed
water in an equivalent of 32 cm wire (siehe nächstes Experiment).
The water evaporated. Plot a graph showing the loss of water
[cm of wire] versus time.