the one with the acids

Activity: Acid Test
Purpose: To see the reactions of baking soda on different products of varying acidity.

The effects of Baking Soda and:

• Vinegar: It created quite a reaction and the syringe raised considerably.
• Water: The water dampened the baking soda.
• 50-50: Fairly predictable, seeing the results of the previous two. It sent the syringe about halfway up.
• Lime juice: Large reaction, gas almost to the top.
• Grape fruit: Not a very big reaction.
• Orange: Small-ish.
• Lemon: There was no lemon juice to test.

Observations:

• It was neat watching the syringe raise depending on the amount of gas released.
• The more acidic the liquid, the bigger the reaction that was created.
• More acidic liquids: vinegar, lime juice, white grapefruit juice, and pink grapefruit juice.
• The juice with baking soda reacted more because the acid was more concentrated, as compared to the larger surface area of the fruit.

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[andrea]