Clean it up 11/13/17-11/17/17

     Have you ever spilled something? I bet you have. But have you ever spilled hairspray on a plant? That's probably not one of the things that you would see daily. Then to clean it up did you use vinegar? I highly doubt that. But guess what, I did exactly that. My group and I had to try to neutralize a chemical. For our chemical we chose hairspray. Hairspray is surprisingly a base. We decided, off of our knowledge of neutralizing acids and bases, that we were going to use the acid, vinegar, to try to neutralize our base, hairspray. Once we ran our tests and experiments we found out that the hairspray had little to no effect on our plant and that our plant lived on. We used 100 mL of water on each plant, to keep them alive, 10 mL of hairspray on each plant, to simulate the spill, and 1 mL of vinegar, to neutralize the hairspray. We only used 1 mL of the vinegar because it is a strong acid and we didn't want that to kill the plant.

Backwards-looking

I think that a few problems that I had during this project was time management. This is because I was focusing on one thing more than another. This resulted in me having to start a document that was due the next day and work on that because throughout the whole week I was to focused on another part of the project.

Inwards-looking

I think that my goals for this piece of work is to have it be really realistic and that it was logical. I think that my goals changed along the way because I realized that it was hard to make a good news cast the was very realistic and that made sense. But I feel as though I did reach my goal of it being logical.

Outwards-looking

I think that if someone else were to look at my piece and learn something about me the one thing that they would learn about me is that I can improvise. I think this because on the night before something was due I was able to do half of it and prepare myself for the last class period that I would have to work on it so that I could manage my time well.

Forwards-looking

One thing that I think that I want to improve upon is my time management. As I said above that is not one of my strong suits. Also I feel as though that is something that a person needs to be successful. I also think that it is a valuable skill.

Chemistry Mastery Quest 2 Regrade 11/15/17

Question 3:

The question was "In a chemical reaction, the number of reactant atoms?". I answered "does not determine the number of the product atoms". The correct answer was "is equal to the number of product atoms". I see how this was the right answer because in the law of conservation matter it says that matter can not appear nor disappear or change it's identity.

Question 6:

The question was "Reactions that involve burning are classified as?". I answered " Endothermic". The correct answer was "Exothermic". I see how this is the correct answer because exothermic reactions give out heat which is something that happens when things burn.

Question 13:

The question was "Copper (Cu) reacts with oxygen (O) to form copper oxide (CuO). The properties of CuO are most likely?". I answered " Similar to both Copper and Oxygen". The correct answer was " different from copper or oxygen". I see how this is the correct answer because when a chemical reaction occurs the two reactants turn into different products so they would have different properties. 

Herbal Essences Body Envy Volumizing Hairspray Chemical Spill 11/6/17-11/10/17

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Did you know that there are some mildly dangerous chemicals in hairsprays. Herbal Essences Body Envy Volumizing Hairspray has a hazardous ingredient, Cyclopentasiloxane, which is a fatty acid, ‎this chemical can cause cancer. It is fairly flammable and used for antiperspirants, skin care products and hair care products. The first aid procedures that you need to take are: If you swallow it, wash your mouth thoroughly with water, then get medical attention. In case you inhale the substance get outside  \to fresh air. In case it comes in contact with your eyes rinse them immediately with lots of water for 15 minutes, then you should seek medical attention. In case it touches our skin wash with lots of water, if irritation starts, it is recommended that you seek medical attention. You should also remove contaminated clothing. Warning: If you consume more than 800 ml of this chemical you could die. Cyclopentasiloxane has many chemical properties, it has a formal charge of 0. It’s heavy atom count is 20, it’s defined atom stereo center count is 0. It’s undefined atom stereo center count is 0. It also has a bond stereo center count of 0 and a undefined bond stereo center stereo center count of 0. It has a isotope atom count of 0 and a covalently-bonded unit count of 1. It’s hydrogen bond donor count is 0, it’s hydrogen bond acceptor count is 5 and it’s rotatable bond count is 0. Finally it’s compound is canonicalized. It also has a lot of Physical Properties. It’s Molecular weight is 370.77 g/mol, it’s complexity is 285, it’s exact mass is 370.094 g/mol, it’s monoisotopic mass is 370.094 g/mol, it’s topological polar surface area is 46.2 A^2.

S&EP

SP3: Constructing investigations.

I constructed investigations when I researched what was the dangerous chemical in our substance that we needed to clean up. I also had to construct investigations when i had to figure ways that we might want to neutralize our chemical and how we would do that. I also had to construct an investigation when I choose what brand we wanted to use for our hairspray.

XXC

XXC: Matter and Energy

Matter is a part of our investigations because we had to figure out how our product was structured physically and chemically. Matter is also a part of our chemical or related to our chemical because our chemical has matter. Energy is a part of our investigations because we had to figure out how reactive our dangerous chemical, or the chemical that we wanted to clean up, which is also dependent on how much energy is in the chemical or substance. Energy and matter were included in our investigations because they are both parts of our chemical and what it is made out of.

Acids, Bases and the pH scale 10/30/17-11/3/17

What are the properties of an acid? Well, acids are very corrosive to metals, they taste sour, feel sticky, have a positive ion and they turn litmus paper red. Litmus paper is a piece of paper that when put in a substance turns a certain color depending on its acidity. A base is a substance that is not very acidic. Some of its properties are that it tastes bitter, is slippery or slimy, they are also corrosive to metals, turn litmus paper blue and they have a negative ion. But what's in the middle? If the substance is not an acid or a base then it is a neutral. A neutral is like water and they don't do anything to litmus paper. There are also ways to neutralize acids and bases. Sense they are opposites all you have to do is add them together. For when you add a acid to a base or a base to an acid you will always get at least water and salt which are both neural substances. One way that you can find out if something is neutralized or not is if you use indicator. You add indicator, that will change its color to match the universal indicator pH color chart or scale, and either the acid or the base. Then you have to add an acid to the base or a base to the acid until the substance turns the color green or the universal indicator color for neutral. But what is the pH scale? The pH scale is a color scale that tells you the amount or acidity that is in a substance.

S&EP

SP3: Planning and carrying out investigations

We did experiments with the pH scale and neutralizing acids and bases. We used everyday household substances like detergent, water and vinegar. We added those to indicator to test our knowledge of the pH scale and how it works and used that to find out how acidic or basic it was. We then neutralized vinegar and baking soda solution.

XCC

XCC: Energy and matter

Energy and matter are involved in acids, bases and the pH scale because energy is a part of the different ions that are properties of both acids and bases. Matter is involved because they are both types of matter.