“Citric Acid Levels in Commercial & Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice” BY: SERENA GOVENDER Yr10 Question: To investigate the citric acid levels in commercial and freshly squeezed lemon juice Change: Type of Lemon Juice Why I Chose This Topic: I chose this topic because I was interested in investigating the level of citric acid in commercial and freshly squeezed lemon juice in order to compare results and suggest theories and ideas about what increases or decreases the acidity of the lemon juice and why?? (Temperature, adding chemicals/preservatives etc…) *Reasons that might affect the acidic levels: -Temperature -Adding chemicals/ preservatives -Same amount of lemon juice each REPEAT 3X-TRAILS Measuring: Citric acid- …show more content…
I think this because by adding chemicals/preservative to the lemon juice and storing in the freezer for a long time, it would drop the acidity whereas a fresh lemon would be higher as it is fresh and chemicals are not added to it. | Trail 1: | Trail 2: | Trail 3: | | | | | Type/Brand: | pH: | Colour: | pH: | Colour: | pH: | Colour: | Average pH & Colour: | Acid/Base/Neutral: | Higher pH=Less acidic (Approx 3-4)Lower pH=more acidic (approx 2-3): | Ranking (most acidic to least acidic): | G1: Berri Lemon Juice | 3.8 | light orange | 3.8 | light orange | 3.8 | light orange | 3.8Light orange | ACID | HIGHER-Less acidic | 7 | G2: Sunshine Lemon Juice | 3.3 | Medium light orange | 3.3 | Medium light orange | 3.3 | Medium light orange | 3.3Medium light orange | ACID | HIGHER-Less acidic | 5 | G3: PLJ Lemon Juice | 3.7 | light orange | 3.7 | light orange | 3.7 | light orange | 3.7LightOrange | ACID | HIGHER-Less acidic | 6 | G4: Golden Crown | 4.1 | Light light orange | 4.1 | Light light orange | 4.1 | Light light orange | 4.1LightLightOrange | ACID | HIGHER-Less acidic | 8 | G5: Realemon,
4. It would be difficult to measure the concentration of acid in red wine or coca-cola because the colour of the drink is too dark for us to see when the phenolphthalein indicator changes colour. You could overcome this difficulty by using a pH meter.
Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to observe chemical changes in common consumer products to determine if the chemicals are basic, acidic, or remain neutral when mixed with other chemicals.
Purpose/Hypothesis: The purpose of this experiment is to use both cabbage juice and pH paper to determine the pH of household items. This way, we can tell which products are basic and which one are acidic. If we use cabbage juice as an universal pH indicator by comparing it to pH paper then pH determined by the cabbage juice will be unstable because by using cabbage juice, it can be different depending on how diluted it is.
Besides my experiment there have been other experiments that have tested temperature’s effect on ph. They also wanted to know whether temperature affects the ph. I found an experiment online called “Effect of Temperature on the pH of orange juice” done by students from Nease High School. Unlike my project, they only tested Orange Juice. They used 5 different temperatures, and the result was that the temperature had no effect. Another experiment I found online called “ Does storage temperature affect the ph of Orange Juice” by Anna Elizondo also only used Orange Juice. Her results were that the juice was more acidic at a hot temperature. The last experiment i found was on the lines of my experiment, but was more about my hypothesis. It was called “Does Storage Temperature Affect Orange Juice 's Acidity?”. Like the other experiments, this one only used Orange Juice. They used ph paper to measure the acidity at 40 degrees-50 degrees over the span of 2 days. Their conclusion was that the ph was still the same.
The assignment was to construct an original lab procedure related to avocado. My group decided to conduct a lab that determines the effect of lemon juice in avocado. We figured out that lemon can only help preserve the avocado from turning black in a short period of time and will then eventually make the avocado turn black even faster than the avocado that doesn’t have any lemon. I selected this work because it taught me the real effects of lemon to avocado. I always thought that lemon would preserve avocado for many weeks, but through this work I learned that it doesn’t work for a long period of time. Through this work, I got to communicate effectively with others on how to conduct an experiment that would lead us to a successful result. I
The Establishment Clause guarantees the separation of church and government. Christian Theism is the default state doctrinal religion. As opposed to being something to fear , it was believed to be vital to the success of our government. Consequently, framers feared a state denominational religion not a state doctrinal religion. The Supreme Court established various tests to assess the constitutionality of laws that happened before it. The Lemon Test, has three parts addressing purpose, effect, and involvement. To pass the test, government action must be used only for a secular purpose; cannot promote neither prohibit a specific religion. As well as to not substantially involve government in religious matters. Failure on any one of the three
In Part C of the experiment, the process completed in Part B was performed again on the six Kool-Aid drink samples: black cherry, cherry limeade, grape, mixed berry, strawberry, and tropical punch. The cherry limeade, grape, mixed berry, and tropical punch samples were undiluted stock solutions that were used in the SpectroVis. The black cherry solution was diluted with a 2-fold dilution. The 3 mL of black cherry solution was diluted with 3 mL of deionized water. This was done because the Red 40 dye was too concentrated. The strawberry solution was first diluted by a 2-fold but the absorbances values were too high and fell outside the acceptable range of 0-1. Therefore, 8 mL of strawberry solution was diluted with 12 mL of deionized water. These values for all of the solutions were recorded in Table 5. The solutions were emptied down the sink. All the glassware and cuvettes were rinsed with deionized water and dried. The volumetric flasks and caps were returned to the appropriate containers.
1. What was the purpose of using water as a sample in some of the tests performed in the lab? (2 points) to have a control.
Table 2: Consists of color extract taken from a red cabbage for a natural indicator. The pH reading that was measured by using the pH meter and the result of the pH reading to determine whether the solution was acidic or basic.
The titration worked well and yielded decent results. It was found that 72.10 mg of ascorbic acid is contained within a serving of lemonade.The %w/w of ascorbic acid is .30%. The volumes collected and observations made worked out to give proper and expected values. Rinsing the burette and pipette was important to this as it removed any water or dust inside. This meant that final volumes and calculations were more precise as there were fewer sources of error. The standard deviation obtained from the four trials was 0.22 mL. Much of this error is due to the rapid colour change. This made it difficult to precisely end the titration when the endpoint was reached. Another source of error is found in the assumption that because a colour change happened the proper reaction had occurred. This assumption while very basic and small potentially had a slight impact on final results. Titrations are very simple and therefore are empirical, and based off simple measurements with these simple assumptions accuracy decreases and error
My science fair topic will be measuring the acidic levels in different companies of water bottles such as Aquafina, Dasani, Evian, Fiji, Miami Dade Tap Water, Penta, Publix Spring Water, Smart Water, Smart Water, Volvic, Voss, and Zephyrhills. Bottled water has been tested for its ppm (parts per million) to measure the amount of particles inside the water. The pH scale is a measurement of how acidic or basic an aqueous solution is. The pH scale has a range of 0-14; numbers less than 7 are considered acidic and numbers greater than 7 are considered basic. An acidic pH level means that the solution has more free hydrogen ions, and a basic pH level means that the solution has more free hydroxyl ions. pH is reported in logarithmic units and an increase or decrease of one on the pH scale has a 10-fold change. The negative logarithmic of the hydrogen ion concentration calculates the pH level of a solution. This is why pH stands for the potential of hydrogen and it calculate din
Even though I haven't learned much from this experiment, I did learn about the different acids and the vitamins in lemons, limes, and oranges, as well as how they affected
First, three titration curves and three second derivative curves were created to determine the average pH at the half-equivalence point from the acetic acid titrations. Titration curves were used as visuals to portray buffer capacity. The graphs and a table, Table 1, that showcased the values collected were created and included below. The flat region, the middle part, of Figures 1, 2 and 3, showed the zone at which the addition of a base or acid did not cause changes in pH. Once surpassed, the pH increased rapidly when a small amount of base, NaOH, was added to the buffer solution. Using the figures below and
In this lab a acid-base indicator phenolphthalein was used to determine endpoint of a reaction HCl(aq) and KOH(aq). At the end point all of the HCl(aq) would have reacted with KOH(aq), and the pH becomes 7. The phenolphthalein would changed colours from colourless to pink indication when enough KOH(aq) was added. The purpose of numerous trials was to use the average volume of the 3 trials with similar measurements.
An acid-base titration is the determination of the concentration of an acid or base by exactly neutralizing the acid/base with an acid or base of known concentration. This allows for quantitative analysis of the concentration of an unknown acid