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Title: Bubble-ology.

Problem: What substances mixed together will create the best bubble solution?

Hypothesis: If you mix detergent and glycerin, then the bubble will last longer.

Procedure: 1) First, gather all of the materials and make the bubble solution. Which include, glass mason jars with lids, measuring cups and spoons, distilled water, liquid dishwashing soap (Dawn), Glycerin, light corn syrup, pipe cleaners and a stopwatch., a permanent marker. When the solutions are mixed, store them in glass mason jars and label them with a permanent marker. 2) When mixing solution # 1 combine one cup of water and 1 Tbsp of dawn dish washing detergent. 3) When mixing solution # 2 combine one cup of water, 1 Tbsp of dawn detergent and 1 Tbsp of glycerin. 4) Lastly, for solution # 3 combine one cup of water, 1 Tbsp of dawn detergent and 1 Tbsp of light corn syrup. 5) Then, make a pipe cleaner wand for each solution. Pinch a pipe cleaner in the middle and give it a kink. Then bend one half of the pipe cleaner into a circle and twist together at the center. 6) Go outside and test the bubble solutions. Blow a bubble and then catch it on the wand. Then immediately start the stopwatch and time how long the bubble lasts until it pops. 7) Repeat this at least 10 times for each solution. 8) Record the results in the data table.

Materials List: Bubble Time (Seconds) || Solution # 2 (glycerin) Bubble Time (Seconds) || Solution # 3 (corn syrup) Bubble Time (Seconds) ||
 * Glass mason jars with lids
 * Measuring cups and spoons
 * Distilled water
 * Liquid dishwashing soap (Dawn)
 * Glycerin
 * Light corn syrup
 * Pipe cleaners
 * Permanent marker
 * Stopwatch
 * __Experimental Results__** :
 * || Solution # 1
 * Trial 1 || 24.1 seconds || 1 min. 21 seconds || 48.8 seconds ||
 * Trial 2 || 22.1 seconds || 1 min. 41 seconds || 51.5 seconds ||
 * Trial 3 || 28.4 seconds || 59.5 seconds || 42.1 seconds ||
 * Trial 4 || 26.2 seconds || 1 min. 14 seconds || 57. 5 seconds ||
 * Trial 5 || 31.1 seconds || 1 min. 27 seconds || 47.4 seconds ||
 * Trial 6 || 30.8 seconds || 1 min. 16 seconds || 53.9 seconds ||
 * Trial 7 || 32.4 seconds || 1 min. 9 seconds || 43.5 seconds ||
 * Trial 8 || 35.2 seconds || 1 min. 33 seconds || 35.6 seconds ||
 * Trial 9 || 29.3 seconds || 1 min. 15 seconds || 41.2 seconds ||
 * Trial 10 || 23.1 seconds || 1 min. 29 seconds || 55.4 seconds ||

__**Questions involving this lab**__ :
 * What are the basic ingredients of a bubble solution and what do they do?
 * How do the physical properties of the bubbles change when the ingredients change?
 * What mixture makes the best bubble solution?

October 28th - Went to the store and purchased distilled water, glycerin, and light corn syrup for experiment.

November 1st - Went to the store again and purchased the rest of the necessary items. Such as glass mason jars and pipe cleaners.

November 3rd - Mixed the distilled water, dawn detergent, light corn syrup and glycerin for the three solutions. When done, I started the experiment. Five trials for each solution.

November 4th - Continuted the experiment and conducted the other five trials. After that I recorded all of the results and put them into a line graph.


 * __ Answers to previously asked questions __** :
 * **What are the basic ingredients of a bubble solution and what do they do?** The most basic ingredients for making bubbles are 1 cup water, 2 tablespoons light corn syrup or 2 tablespoons glycerin and 4 tablespoons dishwashing liquid. The light corn syrup can be used for something such as baking, but it also makes a good bubble solution ingredient because it's sticky and can hold the other ingredients together to make the bubble last longer. Much like glycerin whose composition is perfect for making bubble solutions because it also helps keep the ingredients intact and ensuring that the bubble will last longer.


 * **How do the physical properties of the bubbles change when the ingredients change?** By changing the ingredients the physical properties of the bubble change because different ingredients have different textures and qualities. Depending on the ingredients used, the bubble can be very easy to pop, or could have be held together very well and have a longer lifespan. Another physical property that could occure is a color change. This change would be present if you would add a kind of food coloring.


 * **What mixture make the best bubble solution?** Water is definitely the main necessity in making the perfect bubble solution. Another thing almost necessary in making the perfect bubble solution is diswatching soap. Such as dawn or joy. One ingredient most will most likely help create the perfect bubble mixture is glycerin. This is because the elements in glycerin are madeto ensure perfect hold and elasticity. There are many other ingredients that cacube used to make bubble solutions, but some ingredients are much better than others**.**


 * __Abstract__** **:** This project consisted of the mixing and testing of three different solutions containing distilled water, and dawn dish washing soap. Two of which also contained either light corn syrup or glycerin. These were used to answer the problem of what substances mixed together will create the best bubble solution. After testing each one of these solutions the conclusion that arised was that the mixture containing distilled water, dawn dish washing soap, and glycerin by far surpassed the other two solutions when dealing with the lifespan of the bubbles by a maximum of just over a minute. The results of this experiment proved the hypothesis to be correct. Which was, if you mix detergent and glycerin, then the bubble will last longer.


 * __Problem__** : What substances mixed together will create the best bubble solution?


 * __Hypothesis__** : If you mix detergent and glycerin, then the bubble will last longer.


 * __Experimental Background__**: When dealing with this experiment it was important to know such terms as water molecule (formed from two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom), polar molecule (a molecule with a net dipole as a result of the opposing forces), surface tension (the elastic like force existing in the surface of a body, especially a liquid), and physical (any property that is measurable) and elastic properties (determine how much an object will compress under a given amount of external pressure). As well as how the different materials will react with each other. Such as glycerin, which is "hygroscopic" which means that it absorbs water from the air. Also giving it an elastic like effect when used to create bubbles. The dependent variable in this experiment wold be the lifespan of the bubbles, and the two independent variables of this experiment would be glycerin and light corn syrup. The control group in this experiment is the solution that contained only the distilled water and dawn detergent.

__**Discussion**__: By looking at the data tables after the experiment was conducted the solution that contained glycerin mixed in with it lasted substantially longer than the first solution by over a minute with only distilled water and dawn detergent, and ranged from about 30 to 40 seconds better than the 3rd mixture which was a combination of distilled water, dawn detergent and light corn syrup. When looking at the data you can tell that there is a definite change in the lifespan of the bubbles. When looking at the solution containing just water and dawn it had a minimum lifespan of 22.1 seconds and a maximum of 35.2 seconds. When looking at the data of the solution containing glycerin it had a minimum lifespan of 59.5 seconds. This time even surpassing the maximum time of the first solution. The glycerin solution also has a maximum lifespan of 1 minute and 41 seconds. For the last solution, containing light corn syrup it had a lifespan that was between both the first and second bubble solutions. With a minimum lifespan of 35.6 seconds and a maximum of 57.5 seconds. I think these results occured because of the fact that glycerin is hygroscopic. Making it able to hold together the other ingredients in the mixture producing a longer lifespan in the bubbles. The graph of these three solutions clearly shows a substantial difference between solution #1 (blue) and solution #2 (pink) with solution two tripling the lifespan of solution #1. Solution #3 (yellow) according to the graph was perfectly inbetween solution #1 and #2. This also stating that the ingredient used in solution #3 (light corn syrup) was also a good ingrediant to use because of the elasticity and the stickiness of it, helping the other ingrediants form together. Some possible sources of error throughout this experiment would be if there was a powerful amount of wind the day of the experiment. For instance, if it was strong enough, every time a gust of wind would go by it may cause the bubbles to pop, contaminating the results. Ideas of improvement for this experiment could include, using different ingredients when making the solutions, storing the glass mason jars in a certain temperature setting to see if it has any effect, having more trials, or even using food coloring to change the color of the bubbles. Throught this entire experiment, there was a lot of sucesses, but there were also things that could have been done differently.


 * __Conclusion__** : After analyzing the results of this experiment, the conclusion that arised was that the hypothesis previously statement was correct. Which was, if you mix detergent and glycerin, then the bubble will last longer. So, when dealing with the problem that arised of, "what substances mixed together will create the best bubble solution?" the answer was that when mixing distilled water, dawn dish washing soap, and glycerin it made the perfect solution when blowing bubbles.


 * __Applications__** : This experiment can be applied to real life because the results of this experiment show the best elements to make the perfect bubble solution. This study can be important because people can use this to determine which element is the best in making bubble mixtures in case they want to try and make some.