A bag of white powder has been confiscated by the airport customs. You need to find out what white powder it is?
Aim: To learn about the makeup of different white powders.
Today I'm going to tell you about the white powder. This is the white powder Sugar, Salt, Baking soda, and Cornflower we need to mix the chemical. The chemical is Water, Vinegar, and Iodine. In my group, we have Shikan, Ruavai and me.
There are a number of different white powders in our everyday life. Some of these are harmful and others are not. Test the four white powders listed to see which one has been found at the airport
Here are some examples of everyday kitchen white powders.
Flour
Cornflour
Sugar
Salt
Baking Soda
Baking Powder
Icing Sugar
Tartaric Acid
Citric Acid
Gluten Free Flour
Materials
1. Paper
2. Sugar
3. Salt
4. Baking soda
5. Cornflower
6. Pipette
7. Iodine
Upload a photo of each powder.
1. Cornflour-
2. Baking Soda-
3. Salt
4. Sugar-
On the black cardboard using a microscope, you need to record what you see. You will be given a small amount of 4 white powders on your cardboard. Look at them under your microscope and record what you see.
Do not mix the powders or taste the powders.
Findings:
|
Sugar
|
Salt
|
Baking Soda
|
Cornflour
|
Appearance
| Turned black | Turned yellow | Bubbled | Turned black |
Texture
| Hard | Light | Hardish | Oobleck kind |
Smell
| Yuck | Yuck | Yuck | Weird |
Iodine
| Absorbed | Nothing much | Went hard | Soft |
Water
| Absorbed | Nothing | Nothing | Nothing |
Vinegar
| Nothing | Onsorbed | Nothing | Went real soft |
Write a paragraph about your findings.
The Findings for Sugar is different from each chemical. For the findings to the salt is to sugar too. The Baking soda is different as well too. The cornflower is different too one of them is the same as sugar.
Making Sherbet
Using the following recipe you need to make sherbet.
Sherbet recipe
Recipe:
1tsp of powdered drink crystals (eg refresh)
1/4 tsp citric acid
1/4 tsp tartaric acid
1/4 tsp -baking soda.
Put all ingredients into a ziplock bag, stir, and enjoy.
Materials:
1. Baking soda
2. Spoon
3. Ziplock back
4. citric
5. tartaric
Findings:
Sherbet
|
|
Taste
| Fuzzy |
Colour
| Light pink |
Conclusion:
Sherbet has to much salt because of the recipes. The color of the sherbet is light pink because of the baking soda. The taste is so bad because of the Fuzzy.
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