Browse 34 real Chemistry projects entered in 2010, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Is it possible to alter the pH of a selected fruit juice (orange) by varying the volumetric exposure to oxygen? Methods/Materials Fresh oranges were obtained, washed, peeled…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals The title of my Science Fair project is called "Better Power." The recent earthquake in Haiti gave me the inspiration for my project. I saw on television that the Haitians w…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals If I boil water, sugar and salt solution which one will have the highest boiling point? How does thermal energy break the molecular bonds? Methods/Materials A pan; Water - 1…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Polycarbonate containers are widely used for food and beverage products. These containers are frequently exposed to heat/sunlight for long periods of time. Current study was…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals In my project I'm trying to figure out if the different temperatures of water have different turbidity levels. I'm concerned about how clear our drinking water is, and I wan…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this investigation was to discover if a cell phone battery could be charged on the energy produced by fruit for an hour. Methods/Materials The fruits were a…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Bismuth crystals have a very unusual shape; they appear terraced. My goal was to improve crystal "hoppering" by slowing down crystal formation. Hypothesis: environmental tem…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals In my experiment, I burned different kinds of wood with different densities and timed how long they burned. My hypothesis is that the denser the wood is the longer it will b…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find a less expensive and healthier way to lower the hardness of water. The hypothesis is that electrical current surrounding a PVC water…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Many iron items are exposed to water. Though they are often protected by being alloyed to make steel or coated in zinc (galvanized), they all eventually rust. The purpose of…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Reaction rate is what determines when bombs go off, and how we digest food. But can you change the speed it occurs? In order to find this out, I took two possible factors, p…
CSEF · 2010
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…
CSEF · 2010
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…