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lkgilbert
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Hello, I have a physics question about saunas and hot stone technology which I hope someone can help me with.
I recently experimented by reconstructing a "sauna" found at a Bronze Age site in Scotland. We heated stones (sandstone) in fire pits and transferred them to the circular 'sauna' structure we had build from stone, wood and turf. The effect when pouring water over the hot stones to produce steam was brilliant and the experiment has been deemed a great success providing insight to how Bronze Age people might have used these structures.
I want to be able to work out how much energy the stones held. I recorded temperatures from 500-900 dC with a thermal imaging camera and now want to work out what the equivalent energy is.
I then want to find something with comparable energy. To be able to say a line like; "these Bronze Age stones hold an equivalent amount of energy as 5 kettles boiling." a an example.
Is this sort of simplification possible? Is this sort of equation possible?
Any advice would be hugely welcomed.
Thanks, Louisa
I recently experimented by reconstructing a "sauna" found at a Bronze Age site in Scotland. We heated stones (sandstone) in fire pits and transferred them to the circular 'sauna' structure we had build from stone, wood and turf. The effect when pouring water over the hot stones to produce steam was brilliant and the experiment has been deemed a great success providing insight to how Bronze Age people might have used these structures.
I want to be able to work out how much energy the stones held. I recorded temperatures from 500-900 dC with a thermal imaging camera and now want to work out what the equivalent energy is.
I then want to find something with comparable energy. To be able to say a line like; "these Bronze Age stones hold an equivalent amount of energy as 5 kettles boiling." a an example.
Is this sort of simplification possible? Is this sort of equation possible?
Any advice would be hugely welcomed.
Thanks, Louisa