Compare And Contrast Almond And Witchcraft

The data from this experiment demonstrates that the almond will produce a higher increase in the temperature of the water, when compared to the marshmallow. As shown in the observation chart, the change in temperatures for each almond trial is significantly higher than the marshmallow trials. It is also worth noting that the mass of the marshmallows are similar to that of the almonds. In fact, in trials one and three, the marshmallow has a larger mass than the almond. This information is significant in proving that the mass of the object is not an impactful factor in the amount of heat given off or the duration of the combustion of the object. During this experiment, it was determined that the almond required more thermal energy to combust
and transfer heat to the water. This is due to the nutritional values of almonds and the amount of complex sugars that are found in them. On the other hand, marshmallows contain many simple sugars such as glucose that allow them to combust rapidly. Correspondingly, during the trials for the almond, it took approximately 30-40 seconds to ignite the almond. Certainly, this observation is an example of how much thermal energy is needed in order to burn an almond. Meanwhile, a marshmallow would ignite within approximately 3 seconds due to the high combustibility of the simple sugars. Moreover, since the complex sugars take longer to burn, the almond stays ignited for a longer period of time and thus giving the water more time to absorb any thermal energy through the heat transfer.
Furthermore, as stated in the calculations, it is clear that the almond releases more energy through the combustion reaction than the marshmallow. In fact, the almond releases 5000J of energy, which is 2000J more than the energy released by the marshmallow. (3000J) Likewise, the energy content found in an almond is 8600J/g while the energy content in a marshmallow is merely 3400J/g.