For this experiment, I was interested in actually seeing if the results would be similar to an actual lava lamp. I knew that it wouldn't be completely as accurate as a chemically made lava lamp, but I was interested in seeing just a small chemical reaction with the ingredients I used. First in the procedure I gathered my materials , Water, Alka-Zeltzer, vegetable Oil, Bottle, and Food Coloring. I added the oil in food coloring in one part of the empty bottle, then i added water into the rest of the half, after having both of my two main liquids in the bottle, I dropped in two aka-zeltzers and watched the bubbles form and a sort of stirring motion happen. The oil and and water were coming in contact because of the alma seltzer.
Science: With the oil and water being mixed together, and then dropping the alkaseltzer in, it creates bubbles fizzing to the top and creates bubbles of carbon dioxide. Once the bubbles get the the top, then they fall back down through the water; you are able to see all of this happening because of the food coloring that is active through out the process. The alkaseltzer is made of citric acid and baking soda, the two act together making sodium citrate, and then the carbon dioxide reaction. To keep the reaction going you would have to add continuous amounts of alkaseltzer because that is what is causing the reaction. Each time you drop more in, it is bubbling and reacting all over again.
LOOKING INWARD, OUTWARD, BEYOND AND TAKE AWAYS:
During this experiment, it was short and simple, but still interesting in a way that was still chemistry related. I think if I could have done it again, I would choose to do deeper research on electronic lava lamps and see if I could make one more related to that. I think it would be fun to do an experiment many times, but each time do it a little more complex. Not only is this simple, but in a way it is also a little complicated. I like to think about everything in a more complex way than things really are. This simple oil and water lava lamp, could be taken to the next level, just by thinking about different liquids mixing and chemicals reacting. What I got from this experiment was knowledge on the science between oil and water separation, and what an alkaseltzer does. I also gathered that there are a lot of complex ways to take on an experiment, this time I didn't make this experiment complex, but in the future it would be fun too.
LOOKING INWARD, OUTWARD, BEYOND AND TAKE AWAYS:
During this experiment, it was short and simple, but still interesting in a way that was still chemistry related. I think if I could have done it again, I would choose to do deeper research on electronic lava lamps and see if I could make one more related to that. I think it would be fun to do an experiment many times, but each time do it a little more complex. Not only is this simple, but in a way it is also a little complicated. I like to think about everything in a more complex way than things really are. This simple oil and water lava lamp, could be taken to the next level, just by thinking about different liquids mixing and chemicals reacting. What I got from this experiment was knowledge on the science between oil and water separation, and what an alkaseltzer does. I also gathered that there are a lot of complex ways to take on an experiment, this time I didn't make this experiment complex, but in the future it would be fun too.