Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Homework Day 2 1/11/11

Design and perform an experiment that characterizes the interactions of liquid droplets with different surfaces. Post pictures, data and graphs that document your experiment.

 Dish soap on Styrofoam.


 Dish soap on tin foil.
 Vegetable oil on tin foil.

 Vegetable oil on Styrofoam.

 Nail polish remover on tin foil.
 Nail polish remover on Styrofoam.
 Hydrogen peroxide on tin foil.
 Hydrogen peroxide on Styrofoam.
 Water on tin foil.
 Water on Styrofoam.
Picture of all liquids on tin foil.

I observed how they spread out. 
Liquids:
Styrofoam
Tin foil
Dish soap
More spread out
Stayed in same spot
Vegetable oil
Very spread out
Spread out little bit
Nail polish remover
Spreadable and into other liquids
Very spreadable
Hydrogen peroxide
Bubbled
Spread out bubble
Water
Ran into others
Spread out bubble







On a scale of 1 to 10 which spread out the most. 



Dish soap
1
1
Vegetable oil
6
3
Nail polish
7
5
Hydrogen peroxide
3
7
Water
10
10









Graph:


Conclusion :  After looking at the liquids on the different liquids  I noticed that if the liquid is more dense, the liquid is less likely to spread out. If the liquid was less dense, the liquid would spread out more.    

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