CSEF · 2010
Is Rinsing Your Apple Enough?
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is determine whether or not rinsing is an effective method of removing pesticides and preservatives from apples. Specifically, I tested Diphenylamine, a common…
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CSEF · 2010
Make Your Sweat Work Harder?
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Is it possible to cool your body down during exercise using chemical means? Through the application of chemicals to athletic garments, it is possible to make the sweat on th…
CSEF · 2010
Malleable Polymer-Imprinted Porous Silicon Photonic Crystal Composites
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals Porous silicon as a sensor is useful in many applications throughout the real world, from detecting toxins in the environment to monitoring levels of chemicals in the living…
CSEF · 2010
Manipulating the Electrical Conductivity of Different Solutions: Agent Sodium Chloride Strikes Again!
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This project focuses on manipulating the electrical conductivity of different solutions via electrolysis. There were three types of water tested: hard, soft, and R.O.(water…
CSEF · 2010
Modifying TZD Drug to Improve Function in Body
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This study investigates the particular interaction between the current TZD drugs and its protein active site to help propose more efficacious analogs of this drug. Computati…
CSEF · 2010
Propargyl Methyl Ethers: Novel Precursors to Cobalt-Complexed Propargyl Cations
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The generation of transition metal-stabilized organic cations under neutral conditions has long been sought after in the field of organometallic chemistry. Traditionally, un…
CSEF · 2010
Protecting Our Water: The Effects of Common Household Chemicals on the Decomposition of Acetaminophen
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To determine whether household chemicals can be used to decompose acetaminophen, which would allow consumers to treat their expired medications so they will not pollute loca…
CSEF · 2010
Rotational Barriers and Protein Backbones
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to explore the effects of R-groups with varying electronegativities on the structures of protein backbones through the determination of the ro…
CSEF · 2010
Separation and Analysis of Marine Compounds Using TLC
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Marine natural products have demonstrated potential in treating cancer and other diseases. The goal of this experiment was to separate, recover, and identify structures of c…
CSEF · 2010
Silver Nanoparticles
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals If TSC is increased in the solution, then the wavelength of visible light will increase because the size of the nanoparticle will increase. If PVP is increased, the waveleng…
CSEF · 2010
Steel and Acid Rain: Does Acid Make Steel Rust Faster?
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals We in 8th grade have just started studying acids and pH. I wanted to utilize my limited after-school time to do experiments involving acids and learn practical aspects of ef…
CSEF · 2010
Synthesis of Boronic Acids
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To synthesize 2-methylpyridine-5-boronic acid and 3-fluoropyridine-5-boronic acid from 5-bromo-2-methylpyridine and 3-bromo-5-fluoropyridine respectively. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2010
The Effects of D-Limonene Extracted from Different Citrus Fruits on the Disintegration of Polystyrene Foam
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effects of d-limonene extracted from different citrus fruits on the disintegration of Polystyrene foam, widely known as S…
CSEF · 2010
The Effects of Dry Ice on Diverse Liquids
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to observe the amount of carbon dioxide vapor released through sublimation by submersing dry ice in diverse liquids. Methods/Materials After…
CSEF · 2010
The Magic of Metal Corrosion
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Analyze the corrosive behavior between metal fully submerged in liquid versus metal partially submerged and determine whether corrosion reacts similarly when using three typ…
CSEF · 2010
The Metronome of a Chemical Reaction
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to test the effect of temperature on the rate of a chemical reaction. I thought that reaction rates would increase with increasing temperat…
CSEF · 2010
The Power of Oxygen
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment is an extension of a previous experiment on electrolysis that had unexpected results. No oxygen gas was produced and a red substance dissolved into the water…
CSEF · 2010
The Structures and Energetics of Non-Classical Fullerenes
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals To 1) provide computational (theoretical) data on 7 non-classical fullerene derivatives (all of which have no previously published characteristic values), 2) compare the cal…
CSEF · 2010
Up in Smoke: The Effects of Additives on the Fire Resistance of Paint
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To determine if the addition of common chemicals to interior and exterior house paint improves the fire resistance of the paint. Methods/Materials Methods: Purchased necessa…
CSEF · 2010
Walking on Water: A Study of Surface Tension
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to investigate the property of surface tension of liquids and to determine how it is affected by rising temperatures and detergent additives…
CSEF · 2010
Wet Heat: Can You Cook with Chemical Reactions?
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This experiment will document the way in which the starting temperature affects an exothermic reaction. The reaction to be tested is an instantaneous reaction between Calciu…
CSEF · 2010
What Voltage Is Needed for Steel to be Protected by Impressed Current Cathodic Protection?
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find which voltage would provide Impressed Current Cathodic Protection. Methods/Materials I designed and conducted a 134 sample corro…
CSEF · 2010
Your Metallic Food
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I was determined to find out how much aluminum in cookware was absorbed into our acidic foods, which in turn, we ingest and may cause harm to our bodies. My hypothesis is th…
CSEF · 2009
Acid vs. Teeth
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Acid is a highly corrosive substance that is in all batteries, many chemicals, and industrial wastes. Surprisingly, it is also on many people's teeth! According to the Merec…
CSEF · 2009
A Summer Fashion Statement or a Chemical Reaction? What Turns Hair Green in Pool Water?
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to find out whether copper or chlorine causes blonde hair to turn green in pool water. Methods/Materials I made nine solutions with three d…
CSEF · 2009
Biodiesel: Transesterification of Soy and Corn Oils: Green Light for the Future
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine how biodiesel is made and produce a sample quantity of biodiesel from two different vegetable oils. I will then determine if the…
CSEF · 2009
Boiling Hot
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if salt, sugar, pepper and baking soda have an effect on the boiling point temperature of water. Methods/Materials The experiment was performed…
CSEF · 2009
Catalytic Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide: Kinetics, Mechanism, and Applications
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine which catalyst, FeCl3, MnO2, Pb, or KI will have the greatest reaction rate in the decomposition of H2O2 in two substrate concentrations as measur…
CSEF · 2009
Chemically Altering Hair Could Make It Tear
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to test if dying hair effects its strength. Thousands of people dye their hair each day and have no idea what damage that they are causing by…
CSEF · 2009
Coke Blast
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to discover if the type of soda used with Mentos would affect the height of the geyser. My hypothesis was, "I believe that the type of soda…