Soap and Cast
For this experiment we integrated Humanities and Chemistry. In this experiment we will create soap and shape it into a hand, for humanities purposes.
The scientific Method
Question: Will the soap be a success even though we changed the directions?
Materials: 5 Oz Olive oil, 10 Oz Coconut oil, 4.5 Oz Water, 2.39 Oz Pure Lye, Essential oil juniper, Goggles, Metal pot,
Experiment steps:
1. Measure all the ingredients
2. Place coconut oil on slow cooker
3. When coconut oil is finished melting, add the olive oil
4. Then separately add the lye to water
5. Add the lye/Water mixture to the pot
6. Let it cook on high for 3 minutes
7. After pour the substance in a blender
8. Blend until you see a trace
9. Then pour the substance into the “cast” (Glove)
Experience:
We have been waiting to do this experiment for quite some time. Honestly this experiment was boring and to complicated. The reason why this was boring was because it went so fast and we had to think about the next step. As we setup the materials we had technical difficulty. Our computer was dead and there wasn’t any others left to use. My group was forced to charge the computer far from the experiment table making it harder to get the next step quicker. I never realized how complicated making soap was. What struck me the most was how long it takes for soap to cure (2 weeks). When the soap was ready to mold andrew decided take one for the team and help fit the soap into the glove. He was exposed to the lye in the soap and said “ It feels like burning cuts. After he fit the soap in the cast he walk in rush towards the sink to get rid of the burning pain.
Science Behind It:
When my partner and I decided to make soap we didn’t expect there to be a lot of science to it. Soap is a water soluble thats is made of oils. Soap molecules have two parts, ionic heads and hydrocarbon head. These two molecules are like ying and yang. Ionic head formed from metal components of hydroxide. This part of the molecule is hydrophilic meaning it will interact with water. Hydrocarbon tail is the opposite of the ionic head. Hydrocarbon tail does not like interacting with water. What happens when soaps are put to action is that the ionic molecule helps absorb all the unwanted fat and oils and while this is happening the hydrocarbon tail is as far from water. The hydrocarbon turns all thoses unwanted fats and oils into bubbles making it easy to get rid of.
For this experiment we integrated Humanities and Chemistry. In this experiment we will create soap and shape it into a hand, for humanities purposes.
The scientific Method
Question: Will the soap be a success even though we changed the directions?
Materials: 5 Oz Olive oil, 10 Oz Coconut oil, 4.5 Oz Water, 2.39 Oz Pure Lye, Essential oil juniper, Goggles, Metal pot,
Experiment steps:
1. Measure all the ingredients
2. Place coconut oil on slow cooker
3. When coconut oil is finished melting, add the olive oil
4. Then separately add the lye to water
5. Add the lye/Water mixture to the pot
6. Let it cook on high for 3 minutes
7. After pour the substance in a blender
8. Blend until you see a trace
9. Then pour the substance into the “cast” (Glove)
Experience:
We have been waiting to do this experiment for quite some time. Honestly this experiment was boring and to complicated. The reason why this was boring was because it went so fast and we had to think about the next step. As we setup the materials we had technical difficulty. Our computer was dead and there wasn’t any others left to use. My group was forced to charge the computer far from the experiment table making it harder to get the next step quicker. I never realized how complicated making soap was. What struck me the most was how long it takes for soap to cure (2 weeks). When the soap was ready to mold andrew decided take one for the team and help fit the soap into the glove. He was exposed to the lye in the soap and said “ It feels like burning cuts. After he fit the soap in the cast he walk in rush towards the sink to get rid of the burning pain.
Science Behind It:
When my partner and I decided to make soap we didn’t expect there to be a lot of science to it. Soap is a water soluble thats is made of oils. Soap molecules have two parts, ionic heads and hydrocarbon head. These two molecules are like ying and yang. Ionic head formed from metal components of hydroxide. This part of the molecule is hydrophilic meaning it will interact with water. Hydrocarbon tail is the opposite of the ionic head. Hydrocarbon tail does not like interacting with water. What happens when soaps are put to action is that the ionic molecule helps absorb all the unwanted fat and oils and while this is happening the hydrocarbon tail is as far from water. The hydrocarbon turns all thoses unwanted fats and oils into bubbles making it easy to get rid of.