For this lab we made bath bombs! Bath bombs are things that react with water, when you are taking a bath. Many people use them, so Genevie and I thought it would be interesting to try and make our own and see how they work. First, we did some background research to learn the science of how they work how how to actually make them.
Overall, this experiment was a success. I feel that I learned some new things as well as the experiment go the way that we planned it. When we did the actual reaction by placing the bombs in the water, they didn't the exact way that we thought they would, but they still fizzed and dissolved.
What happened is that when the citric acid and sodium bicarbonate are exposed to water they react by fizzing which produces carbon dioxide mixing the other ingredients in the bath bomb with the water.
For the most part, we did get desirable results with this lab. One thing I think we did make a mistake on was, when we were mixing the ingredients together, we added the water too fast. The problem with that was when we added the water, too much at a time, the other ingredients reacted very strongly with the water. The reason we needed to do it slowly would be so that they are not as exposed to the water.
I think that I performed well in this lab. I definitely but a good amount of effort into as well as stayed on task and followed through with my plans.
I worked with Genevie for this lab. Since, we have worked together on previous labs we knew that we could work well together and get our work done.
Like I said before, if I could redo this lab I would have added the water slower so the bombs were not as bubbly and fizzed longer instead of dissolving so quickly. I would also have used food coloring, so the bath bombs were actually colored. The reason we didn't use them in the first place was because neither of us had any and the class colors were misplaced.
If we wanted to continue this lab, maybe we could fix the mistakes we made. We could also try a different smell or mold shape.
Overall, this experiment was a success. I feel that I learned some new things as well as the experiment go the way that we planned it. When we did the actual reaction by placing the bombs in the water, they didn't the exact way that we thought they would, but they still fizzed and dissolved.
What happened is that when the citric acid and sodium bicarbonate are exposed to water they react by fizzing which produces carbon dioxide mixing the other ingredients in the bath bomb with the water.
For the most part, we did get desirable results with this lab. One thing I think we did make a mistake on was, when we were mixing the ingredients together, we added the water too fast. The problem with that was when we added the water, too much at a time, the other ingredients reacted very strongly with the water. The reason we needed to do it slowly would be so that they are not as exposed to the water.
I think that I performed well in this lab. I definitely but a good amount of effort into as well as stayed on task and followed through with my plans.
I worked with Genevie for this lab. Since, we have worked together on previous labs we knew that we could work well together and get our work done.
Like I said before, if I could redo this lab I would have added the water slower so the bombs were not as bubbly and fizzed longer instead of dissolving so quickly. I would also have used food coloring, so the bath bombs were actually colored. The reason we didn't use them in the first place was because neither of us had any and the class colors were misplaced.
If we wanted to continue this lab, maybe we could fix the mistakes we made. We could also try a different smell or mold shape.