Q = MCΔT
Where Q is the energy in joules (what we were looking for), C is the specific heet of the material collecting the heet (measured in J/g·°C), and ΔT is the change in temerpature of the material. For a list of the specific heets of several materials, go here.
We figured out that the amount of energy in a gram of peanut should be about 23,908.57 J, which, if you check out the flames below, you'll see is quite a bit of energy. Most of our values weren't that high, though, because much of the heat ended up escaping into the environment instead of being trapped in the material.
Soot from a burnt peanut provided Shania with some feline artistic inspiration!
These gentlemen found out that some peanuts required more coaxing to light than others...
We kept the window open to prevent the peantus from setting off the fire alarm. This created a breeze and necessitated some creative sheilding.
Various materials, such as the clay seen here, were used to try and funnel heet to the water for capture. Note the temperature probe used.
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