Salt Water And Fresh Water Experiment

This document describes an experiment to test if salt water or fresh water heats up faster to 50 degrees Celsius under the same conditions. The experiment measured the time it took 100mL samples of salt water and fresh water to reach 50 degrees when heated by a Bunsen burner from 10 inches below. The average time for salt water was 11 minutes 4 seconds, while the average time for fresh water was 9 minutes 69 seconds. Therefore, the conclusion is that fresh water heats up faster than salt water under these conditions.