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Sankey Diagram Builder

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Make your own to-scale Sankey diagrams for GCSE Physics energy transfers. Type in the energy going in and each energy transfer coming out, then check the efficiency. Leave one value blank to work it out using conservation of energy.

GCSE Physics ยท Energy transfers

Sankey Builder

Enter the energy going in and each energy transfer coming out. The arrows are drawn to scale. Leave one value blank and the builder works it out using conservation of energy.

Examples

Energy in

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Energy out

Drawing

Each small square is one unit of the scale, so you can count squares to check the width of every arrow.

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