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Cj Water Activity Lab Answers

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CEJ: Water Activity #1 The question of this activity was “How many paper clips can you put into the cup before the water over flows?” In our experiment we were to test the effects of adding multiple paper clips to a full cup of water and observe the changes that occurred. I estimated prior to experimenting that only four paper clips would be able to go in the cup without the water overflowing. When four paper clips were added to the cup, the water had not even begun to show signs of spilling. By the end of the experiment, the cup of water was able to hold 120 paperclips before the water ran over. As the 119th paperclip was added, we noticed a somewhat large “half bubble” on the surface of the cup. This ‘bubble’ was caused by 3 factors known …show more content…

As we began our experiment, we noticed that the ‘bubble’ of water was not as big as it was during the first experiment. By the 21st drop, we could tell that the penny couldn’t hold much more and by the 22nd, the water spilled over. At first glance, one might assume that soap is non-polar. Although this is partially true, soap is special. Soap has both polar and non-polar components. This means that it is amphipathic. The water was not bonding directly to the penny. Instead, it was bonding to the amphipathic soap. The ability for water to hold to water was due to the hydrogen bonds at a molecular level and cohesive properties between molecules. The reason that the penny couldn’t hold nearly as many drops as it could before is because soap is non-polar. Because water is polar, water can only ‘adhere’ to other polar substances. After the water on the penny has spilled over. On a molecular scale, the hydrogen bonds are being broken. After completing this experiment, we concluded that due to the amphipathic properties of the soap detergent, the penny would not be able to hold as many drops as a penny without the soap. Again, this is because soap is non-polar and in order for water (water is polar) to ‘mix’ with another substance, that other substance has to be polar as

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