Fluorescent lights

the light changes color with the gas that is introduced to it

the orange color has been created through the introduction of neon gas.

Helium light spectrum

with the super fancy glasses everything is all rainbow-y. The glasses are de-fraction grading glasses. they look similar to a cd and have very closely etched lines on the lenses. In the center you see the neon light then off to either side their are lines that gradually change color until it is a dark red with quite a few lines that are very vibrant. With the next light (Helium) it shows a spectrum starting with green and ending in a peach-orange color with a bright vibrant orange in the middle of the spectrum with a few more lines. The argon light shows a spectrum starting with a violet-blue and going to red. Nitrogen like the argon has a large spectrum but with many more lines of color than any until this point. Carbon dioxide has about as many lines as the nitrogen but some of the colors are much more vibrant (the pure colors).

Tum-Tum-Tum-Tum-Tums

Formula of tums:
active ingredient calcium carbonate CaCO3 -->Ca(+2)aq + CO(-2)aq

How do tums chemically react with water and stomach acid?
calcium carbonate is not water soluble and breaks down slowly in acid unless broken up.

How many tums are needed to neutralize a can of coke?

Global warming and it's controversies

If science has come so far why don't we have definitive answers the green house  effect. Well through my expansion of water experiment I can say that I thoroughly find reason to question it and not readily except the thoughts those representing it are proposing. In regard to the question,"is the earth warming?" I will agree that to an extent it is but then again it has been warming since the beginning of its formation, although the industrialization of the world may have sped it up ever so slightly, I do not believe that this is enough to cause an end of days to be right around the corner.

As I experimented and recorded the amount to which the water expanded as it froze I realized that the expansion was significant in comparison to other state changes. With this observation I have concluded that if the earth was warming to the extent of the polar ice caps melting, of course the water levels will rise but to the extent of wiping out civilizations, I deem highly improbable (unless of course it's Venice but they seem to have set themselves up for that).

In regards to the Green House effect, which of course places pollution from the formation of modern conveniences at the helm of global destruction, there are some easy solutions that may be utilized while we are spending government money on research to reduce gas emissions. For those truly concerned with it the easy solution would to be stop driving your cars to your silly rallies where you have signs, made of paper, written on with markers and presumably clothes made from organic materials all of which have been processed creating pollutants and are harmful to the environment.

Then again the issue of over population will also come into conversation and with that my response would be...

pH + antacid experiment

Hypothesis: I think that it will take one antacid to neutralize one serving of an acidic beverage

Experiment: I took 1/2 cup of lemonade that had a pH of 3 and added 1/2 tsp. of crushed antacids in 2 minute increments until the pH reached 7.

Results:

Chemicals around us

In a throwing environment:
1. Dri-fit shirt
2. Hair- Protein, water, lipids
     C2H5NO2 C3H7NO2 (protein)
     H2O (water)
     C40H80NO8P (lipids)
3.Concrete
     3CaOSO2, 2CaOSiO2, 3CaO Al2 O3, 4CaOAl2Fe2O3, CaSO4H2O
4. Sky/air
     O2, N2
5.Discus- wood and steel
     CH2O (wood/cellulose)
     Fe3C (steel)

Cellulose molecule

6.Spandex- polyurethane-polyurea copolymer
     C25H42N2O6
7.Grass
     C6H10O5
8.Overhang-steel
     Fe3C
9.Steel pole
     Fe3C

Protein molecule

10.Skin- protein, water, lipids

     C2H5NO2 C3H7NO2 (protein)

     H2O (water)

     C40H80NO8P (lipids)

                         In a college students shopping trip:

1. Cardboard- cellulose

     C6H10O5

2.Glass

     SiO2

3.Linoleum

     CaCO3 + C6H10O5

4.Fluorescent light

5.Plastic shelf- Diethylhexyl, polyethylene terephthalate

    C6H4(COOC2H5)2

6.Cooling element- Chlorofluorocarbon

      ClFC

7.Aluminum cooling element

                                                                                          AlC

8.Aluminum bottle caps

    AlC

SiO2

9.Beer

    H2O, C2H5OH

10.Malt liquor
    H2O, C2H5OH

Ethanol

  

pH experiment

Hypothesis: I think that in testing many of these household products most of them will have a pH of between 6 and 8. Although some may be slightly higher I do not expect any to have a pH higher than 10.

Experiment: I will use 10 different household items ranging in use and test them using pH test strips and let them sit for one minute. The items being used are; dish soap, tap water, apple, glass cleaner, triple antibiotic ointment, lysol wipe, tilex, suave (shampoo and conditioner), 1% milk, lemonade, mouthwash, make up remover.

Results:

pH

pH is a measure of H(+) concentration on a scale from 0-14
0- means there is more H(+)
7- means it is neutral, no acid, no base H(+) = OH(-) it is balanced
14- means there is more OH(-)

0-7 is an acid
7-14 is a base

The p in the pH means negative log of something

Log function:
log(10) 100 = 2 --> 10^2 = 100
log (10) 1,000,000 = 6 --> 10^6 = 1,000,000
log (10) 1,000 = 3 --> 10^3 = 1,000

pH 3 compared to pH 4
1)Which is more acidic?
     pH 3 is more acidic
2)By how many x's?
     by 10x