title: lava in a cup
Question: how does salt affect how the duration of a lava lamp?
Research: a lava in a cup is a decorative novelty item, invented by the british accountant Edward Craven Walker, the founder of colored wax inside a glass vessel filled with clear or translucent liquid; the way rides and falls as its density changes due to heating from an incandescent light bulb underneath the vessel. the appearance of the wax is suggestive of pahoehoe lava, hena the name. the lamp are designed in a variety of styles and colors. A classic lava lamp contains a standard incandescent bulb or halogen lamp which heats a tall glass bottle. A formula from 1968 U.S. Patent consisted of water and a transparent, translucent or opaque mix of mineral oil, paraffin water and carbon tetrachloride. the clear water and/or mineral oil can optionally be colored with transparent dyes. however,
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lava lamps made in china for the U.S. market since 1970 do not use carbon tetrachloride, because its use was banned that year due to toxicity. the manufacturer [haggerty] state that their current formulation is a trade secret. the underlying fluid mechanics phenomenon is a form of rayleigh-taylor instability. the bulb is normally 25 to 40 watts. generally it will take 45-60 minutes for the wax to warm up enough to form freely rising blobs, when operating the lamp at standard room temperature. it may take as long as 2 to 3 hours if the room is below standard room temperature. A British accountant Edward Craven-Walker invented lava lamp after watching a homemade egg timer, which was made from a cocktail filled with liquids, as it was bubbling on a stovetop in a pub. his U.S. patent 3,387,396 for “Display device” was filed in 1965 and issued in 1968. Craven-Walker’s company was named Crestworth and was based in poole, Dorset, in the united Kingdom. Craven-Walker named the lamp “astro”, and had variations such as the “astromin;” and the “astro coach” lantern. Mathmos won two Queen's Awards for Export, as well as best multimedia prize at the design week awards. Hypothesis: if the salt affects how the duration of a lava lamp then it will last longer. Variables: independent variables is adding more salt. dependent variables is how long it last. constants are the container, the room temperature and oil. Materials: a clear drinking glass ¼ cup vegetable oil water [g] 1 teaspoon salt food coloring [optional] Procedure: 1.fill the glass about ¾ full of water. 2. add about 5 drops of food coloring. 3. slowly pour the vegetable oil into the glass. 4. now for the fun part sprinkle the salt on top of the oil. 5. watch blobs of lava move up and down in your glass. data tables: Amount of Salt Active Time Average Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 1 tbs 7.76 6.53 5.13 19.42 2 tbs 17.76 8.02 5.86 31.64 3 tbs 9.15 9.46 19.50 38.11 Graph(s): Analysis: the data shows that adding salt affects the time positively.
the relationship with the salt and time is direct. i thought the numbers would be different because the numbers went all the way up to 38.11 and that was the highest.
Conclusion: No the hypothesis was not supported because the hypothesis states that if the salt affects how the duration of a lava lamp then it will last longer and it did not it went the same that 3tbs last longer.
Abstract: i am doing lava in a cup and the reason i choose this is because the lava was invented in 1948, it is really cool cause it really has real lava in it. the most expensive lava lamp was sold for 15,000. people buy it because u know how little kids are scared of the dark well they buy it to put lights in there room. i should know because i have a sister and she is really scared.
Journal: when i was doing my experiment the first thing i had to do was get my materials that are 1) clear drinking glass 2)¼ cup of vegetable oil
3)water 4) 1 tablespoon salt 5) food coloring. first thing i do is fill the glass about ¾ full of the water. add about 5 drops of food coloring. slowly pour the vegetable oil into the glass. now for the fun part sprinkle the salt on top of the oil. watch blobs of lava move up and down in your glass and the average of the 3 times i have done it is 1tbs is 19.42, 2tbs is 31.64, and 3tbs is 38.11. the data shows that adding salt affects the time positively and the relationship with the salt and time is direct. the hypothesis was not supported because the hypothesis states that if the salt affects how the duration of a lava lamp. then it will last longer and it did not it went the same that 3tbs last longer.
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