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    The Lava Lamp

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    This document describes the principles behind a lava lamp experiment. It discusses three key principles: 1) density, where water is more dense than oil and sinks below it, 2) polarity, where water molecules are polar and attract each other while oil molecules are non-polar, causing oil and water to separate, and 3) acid-base reactions, where an Alka-Seltzer tablet produces carbon dioxide bubbles when dropped in water due to the reaction of its acid and base components. The document provides materials and instructions for conducting the lava lamp experiment to observe these principles in action.

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    This document describes the principles behind a lava lamp experiment. It discusses three key principles: 1) density, where water is more dense than oil and sinks below it, 2) polarity, where water molecules are polar and attract each other while oil molecules are non-polar, causing oil and water to separate, and 3) acid-base reactions, where an Alka-Seltzer tablet produces carbon dioxide bubbles when dropped in water due to the reaction of its acid and base components. The document provides materials and instructions for conducting the lava lamp experiment to observe these principles in action.

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    This document describes the principles behind a lava lamp experiment. It discusses three key principles: 1) density, where water is more dense than oil and sinks below it, 2) polarity, where water molecules are polar and attract each other while oil molecules are non-polar, causing oil and water to separate, and 3) acid-base reactions, where an Alka-Seltzer tablet produces carbon dioxide bubbles when dropped in water due to the reaction of its acid and base components. The document provides materials and instructions for conducting the lava lamp experiment to observe these principles in action.

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    The Lava Lamp

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    Mathew Degamo
    This document describes the principles behind a lava lamp experiment. It discusses three key principles: 1) density, where water is more dense than oil and sinks below it, 2) polarity, where water molecules are polar and attract each other while oil molecules are non-polar, causing oil and water to separate, and 3) acid-base reactions, where an Alka-Seltzer tablet produces carbon dioxide bubbles when dropped in water due to the reaction of its acid and base components. The document provides materials and instructions for conducting the lava lamp experiment to observe these principles in action.

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    “The Lava Lamp”

    Degamo,Mathew P.

    ENSC 101L

    First Semester 2018-2019


    Principles behind the Lava Lamp Experiment

    There are three different principles present in this experiment and they

    are the things we call density, polarity and the reaction between an acid

    and a base. Density is the measurement of how compact a substance is,

    how much of it fits in a certain amount of space. If you measure an equal

    volume of oil and water, you'll find that the water is heavier than the

    same amount of oil. This is because water molecules are packed more

    tightly and a cup of water actually has more mass than a cup of oil.

    Because water is more dense than oil, it will sink to the bottom when the

    two are put in the same container. Density is affected by temperature the

    hotter a liquid is, the less dense it will be. Even though they have

    different densities, oil and water would eventually mix together if it

    weren't for polarity. Water molecules are "polar" because they have a

    lopsided electrical charge that attracts other atoms. The end of the

    molecule with the two hydrogen atoms is positively charged. The other

    end, with the oxygen, is negatively charged. Just like in a magnet, where

    north poles are attracted to south poles ("opposites attract"), the positive

    end of the water molecule will connect with the negative end of other

    molecules. Oil molecules, however, are non-polar— they don't have a

    positive or negative charge, so they are not attracted to the water

    molecules at all. This is why oil and water don't mix. Alka-Seltzer is a

    tablet used to treat indigestion. It's made of two chemicals, an acid and a
    base. Acids are molecules that can donate small charged particles

    called hydrogen ions. Bases are the opposite, they accept hydrogen ions.

    When acids and bases come in contact with each other, they create a

    chemical reaction. However, in the Alka-Seltzer, the two chemicals are in

    a solid form, they can't react because the molecules don't move. When

    they enter water, the chemicals are released and can react.In Alka-

    Seltzer, the citric acid mixes with the base, bicarbonate, to form carbon

    dioxide bubbles. How quickly these bubbles form indicates how fast the

    reaction is proceeding, or reaction rate.


    MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THE EXPERIMENT

    Container such as Empty water bottle or Water Glass

    Vegetable Oil or any liquid material as long as it is less dense than water

    Water

    Alka-Seltzer tablet/Polident

    Food Coloring

    PROCEDURE

    1.Pour the vegetable oil in the container you choosed ¼ of the container.

    2.Then pour a small amount of water until it reaches near the top of the

    container.Wait a couple of minutes until the water separates with the oil.

    3.Drop any amount of food coloring ,depends on how you want the color

    of the water will be .You could also mix the food coloring with the water

    before you pour it if you are using powdered food coloring.

    4.Drop the polident inside then watch how it reacts with water and

    observe what happens.


    As I mixed the materials inside the container , we could see that the

    water goes below the oild because it is denser and as I dropped the

    polident tablet inside , the acid base reaction happened that produced

    bubbles which rised showing the lava lamp effect or the blobs going

    upward.When the tablet is already dissolved the water goes back at the

    bottom , and you could drop again another tablet to repeat the reaction.

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