The+Eruption+of+Dry+Ice+In+Different+Liquids

Jeonghun L Cary Academy
 * TESTING THE ERUPTION OF DRY ICE IN DIFFERENT LIQUIDS **

** ABSTRACT ** The purpose of the experiment was to see if different types of liquids affected the eruption the dry ice made. Two types of experiments were tested to see if the different types of liquid really did affect the dry ice eruption. The first experiment was a big scale, held in a large 1000 mm beaker and the second experiment was a small scale, held in a test tube that was filled with 40 mm of liquids. It was hypothesized that the soft drinks will create a bigger eruption than water and it was also hypothesized that the Mountain Dew will create the biggest eruption. The beaker/test tube was filled with 1000/40 mm of liquid and dry ice was put in the liquid. The height and the width of the fog made by the dry ice were measured. Having the soft drinks compared to water, the soft drinks had bigger eruptions than water. The hypothesis about soft drinks having a bigger eruption was correct. It turned out that the diet coke had the biggest eruption compared to water, mountain dew, coca cola, sierra mist, and root beer. The hypothesis about the mountain dew having the biggest eruption was therefore incorrect.