Creating,+imagining,+and+innovating

__Creating, imagining, and innovating:__

__My Understanding of this Habit:__ To me, this habit means finding a way to tackle formerly set obstacles, because despite our previous assumptions about being deficient in various areas, we must remember that there are always methods to alleviate difficulty. In other words, we always have to try no matter how difficult a task may be.

__How I Applied this to Chemistry:__ I think this habit best applies to the lab where we had to test the research question "Which is the Best Fuel?" by testing both propanol and ethanol. Our group's first experimental design was to wrap up the alcohol lamp with aluminum foil as well as the can, in order to prevent heat from escaping. In the middle we wrapped a layer of foil, leaving a small hole for the alcohol lamp to be lit with the lighter. During our experiment, we discovered that soon after the fire was lit, it burned out quickly, so we increased the hole in the aluminum layer in the center. Also, there was no noticeable temperature change, because the alcohol string was not soaked inside the sample. We increased the amount of alcohol by around forty ml. But, we encountered even more difficulties, including the significant temperature change differences for similar samples. To counter this, the two trials that were not close to the rest of the results were labeled outliers and were mostly due to random errors in the experiment. For each obstacle we faced in this experiment, including silly ones, like not leaving enough room for the fire, and soaking the alcohol lamp string were easily removed, though we did overestimate the difficulty of the experiment from the start by thinking of the various problems that could occur (Heat loss even through the aluminum foil layer, no significant temperature changes (Or dramatic rise in temperature because the heat is compressed), etc.). In general, the experiment taught me to always remember to start with a carefully thought up plan, taking note of the various changes that might occur, and carry out a test trial before moving in to the real data collection. Then, we may eliminate all the flaws in the experimental design and acquire more accurate data. This graph depicts our processed data from the experiment. As described by the graph, Propanol is a better fuel because of more heat being released.