Browse 36 real Chemistry projects entered in 2008, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals In baking a cake, it is important that all ingredients are configured correctly in order to produce an attractive and edible cake. Acids are significant in this configuratio…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine if it is possible to detect mercury in water using light and the electromagnetic spectrum. I hypothesize a red shift of the spectrum when light is…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine the viability of freeze desalination (FD) as a preliminary treatment process to reverse osmosis (RO) by measuring its efficiency…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective to my experiment was to discover the optimum grinding time of coffee beans to make the darkest coffee within a given percolation time. Methods/Materials The wa…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My goal was to learn as much as possible about electrolysis and to see if sodium hydroxide could be produced from common table salt. It was also interesting to learn which e…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this year#s science project was to explore the process of electrolysis of water by using a Hoffman apparatus. Specifically, we tested the variables of the vol…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Does naturally occurring orange juice have more electrolytes than Vitamin Water or Gatorade? My hypothesis is that naturally occurring orange juice will have more electrolyt…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objectives of this project are to determine whether Genipin, a naturally occurring compound found in the Gardenia plant, could be used as a fingerprinting reagent on pap…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This projects goal was to determine if different types of flour used in an angel food cake would affect the density. I believe that cake flour will produce the least dense c…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective was to test the effect of chlorine on disinfection byproduct formation: 3 source waters from varying locations and 1 "purified" water (Arrowhead bottled water)…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I took three fuels and determined which one produced the most amount of heat energy and could be considered an alternative fuel to gasoline. Methods/Materials The fuels were…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Many of the approaches for synthesizing superparamagnetic iron oxide nanocrystals require complex processes and the use of toxic materials. I selected a co-precipitation met…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which cooking techniques [baking, boiling, steaming, and stir-fry] will retain the most vitamin C content. I thought steaming for a short perio…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To determine if the conductivity of distilled water changes when it is mixed with various substances and to what extent. Methods/Materials A LED based conductivity meter is…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to determine the melting rate of ice with different concentrations of salt and sugar solutions. Methods/Materials 20 100 ml plastic cups 4 8…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals Question - How do the concentrations of different solutes affect the conductivity of water? Hypothesis - I believe that the higher the concentration of solute in an ionic so…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Ethylene gas production has been shown to affect the spoiling rate of produce (especially in high concentrations). This experiment examined the ability of differing containe…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to measure the rate of diffusion of liquids using digital video technique. The technique is applied to determine the effect of temperature…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to measure concentration of very small volumes of solutions (such as dye colored water or juices) using light when it flows through small gl…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I chose to do this science experiment to determine how different metals react with hydrochloric acid. I hypothesized that Aluminum will be the most reactive metal tested, fo…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine whether the type of water and its temperature affects the ability of a surfactant to reduce surface tension. I believe that if hot salt water is…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Objectives: To create silica aerogel under subcritical conditions. Methods/Materials Method/Materials: In the first stage of a three-part process, tetraethyl orthosilicate i…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals I'd like to demonstrate high-yield synthesis of gold nanorods and their self-assembly into ordered structures. The assembly of gold nanorods into 2-D structures was carried…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to demonstrate a practical method of creating super-hydrophobic surface coatings and then to characterize the movement of water droplets on th…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Bill 821 becomes law on July 2008 the Californian Senate passed legislation to ban lead ammunition that is poisoning endangered Californian Condors. The bill is designed to…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The goal of the experiment was to see how the amount of carbon dioxide captured was changed when using different amounts of calcium chloride with calcium oxide. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Every morning I take polyethylene glycol (Miralax) mixed in cold apple juice. Since dissolving Miralax is a slow process, I researched how to speed it up. My hypothesis was…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The goal was to synthesize a carbamate, bromomethylphysostigmine (BMPHY) for use as an imaging agent for Alzheimer#s Disease using positron emission tomography (PET). This r…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to see how different chemical substances react with fire to produce different colored flames. Methods/Materials Materials: Safety goggles, lat…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This project investigates the effect of gravity and counter ions on the rate of hydrogen ion diffusion. This rate is determined by measuring the time it takes for hydrogen i…