I'm trying to put together a short series of demos for a competition in a
science centre in the UK. My theme is heat capacity, and I hope to start
with the water balloon heat capacity demo. I would like to follow this by
trying to set light to a £20 note. I'm sure that I read somewhere recently
that if the note is tightly wrapped around a metal cylinder it will not burn
when a candle is held underneath it (again due the high heat capacity of the
metal)? Of course I can't find this reference anywhere now!
Can anyone confirm that this demo is possible?
Also, does anyone know any other dramatic demos based on heat capacity?