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    Sodium polyacrylate is a chemical that can absorb 100-1000 times its mass in water. It is commonly found in diapers to absorb urine. The document describes an experiment testing how sodium polyacrylate absorbs different liquids such as water, club soda, vinegar, cooking oil, yogurt, and dish soap. The results showed that sodium polyacrylate absorbed water and club soda normally but did not absorb the cooking oil. The yogurt and vinegar were partially absorbed with cracks or clumps forming. This disproved the hypothesis that all liquids would be absorbed equally. The conclusion is that sodium polyacrylate can absorb most but not all liquids, as thickness and unique chemical properties can prevent full absorption.

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    Sodium polyacrylate is a chemical that can absorb 100-1000 times its mass in water. It is commonly found in diapers to absorb urine. The document describes an experiment testing how sodium polyacrylate absorbs different liquids such as water, club soda, vinegar, cooking oil, yogurt, and dish soap. The results showed that sodium polyacrylate absorbed water and club soda normally but did not absorb the cooking oil. The yogurt and vinegar were partially absorbed with cracks or clumps forming. This disproved the hypothesis that all liquids would be absorbed equally. The conclusion is that sodium polyacrylate can absorb most but not all liquids, as thickness and unique chemical properties can prevent full absorption.

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    Sodium polyacrylate is a chemical that can absorb 100-1000 times its mass in water. It is commonly found in diapers to absorb urine. The document describes an experiment testing how sodium polyacrylate absorbs different liquids such as water, club soda, vinegar, cooking oil, yogurt, and dish soap. The results showed that sodium polyacrylate absorbed water and club soda normally but did not absorb the cooking oil. The yogurt and vinegar were partially absorbed with cracks or clumps forming. This disproved the hypothesis that all liquids would be absorbed equally. The conclusion is that sodium polyacrylate can absorb most but not all liquids, as thickness and unique chemical properties can prevent full absorption.

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    Sodium Polyacrylate

    Question: How do different liquids affect the absorbency of sodium polyacrylate?

    Rationale: People can know what sodium polyacrylate can absorb, and store. So people can just put
    some sodium polyacrylate and not make a mess, or not.

    What we know from our research: Sodium polyacrylate is the chemical formula CH2CHCO2Na. Sodium
    polyacrylate can absorb 100 to 1000 times is mass in water. Sodium polyacrylate’s density is 1.22
    g/cm3. You can actually find some sodium polyacrylate in diapers because sodium polyacrylate absorbs
    liquids so when a baby pee’s the sodium polyacrylate absorbs the pee.

    Sites we used for research: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_polyacrylate.

    https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/academic-and-educational-journals/sodium-polyacrylate

    https://www.google.com/

    Hypothesis: We think that there will be no deference between water and other liquids besides color
    because sodium polyacrylate was made to pick up oil spills, so why can’t it pick up other liquids?

    Sodium polyacrylate Commented [AH1]: Explore Sodium polyacrylate


    Commented [CM2R1]: Hi

    Materials:
    Commented [CM3R1]: Stop
    1. Sodium Polyacrylate is the main ingredient
    2. Water with Sodium Polyacrylate is what we’re comparing with.
    3. Orange Juice to see if the sugar affects the Sodium Polyacrylates formation.
    4. Yogurt is very thick so that might change something about how much it absorbs.
    5. Club Soda to see if it changes anything because it is carbonated
    6. Cups so we can put the supplies in it.
    7. Dish soap because it has different chemicals in it like, phosphates, triclosan, and chlorine.
    8. Cooking oil because it has oil in it.
    9. Scooper to scoop things into the cups.

    Steps of our experiment:

    Step 1: Put 5 ml’s of sodium polyacrylate into a cup.

    Step 2: Put in 30 ml’s of water into the sodium polyacrylate.

    Step 3: Put 30 ml’s of the liquid we are using.

    Step 4: Write down what we see is happening.

    Step 5: Take a photo of what’s happening.

    Step 6: Move on to the next cup.

    Step 7: Repeat this for all the liquids.

    Step 8: See if there is any differences.


    Step 9: Record results.

    Step 10: Wait until next science class, then record results.

    Step 11: Wait until next science class, then record results.

    Step 12: Sort, and organize the results.

    Steps 13: Come to conclusion, and write it in detail.

    Our Results:
    Water
    Day 1:

    Water: Just normal water absorbed by sodium polyacrylate.

    Club soda: Water but was fizzy.

    Vinegar: Water but had a tiny crack.

    Cooking oil: The sodium polyacrylate did not absorb it.

    Yogurt: The yogurt just sat there, and got some sodium polyacrylate stuck to it.

    Dish soap: Looks like clear water.

    Day 3:

    Water: Same

    Club soda: Looks more like snow.

    Dish soap: Nothing.

    Vinegar: Looks like snow/water but is less clear, and has a crack in it.

    Cooking oil: Has no bubbles, and has lumps at the bottom.

    Yogurt: Is more lumpy, and some sodium polyacrylate has stuck to the lumps
    Day 7:

    Water: The water stayed the same.

    Club soda: Clumped together.

    Vinegar: Split into two parts.

    Dish Soap:

    Cooking oil:

    Yogurt:
    Names of experts we contacted: We did not contact Anyone

    Conclusion: You know Looking at our results, it is clear that our original hypothesis was wrong. One way
    we know it is wrong is that the vinegar, and yogurt, did not get absorbed. We think this happened
    because the yogurt was too thick, and the vinegar had special chemicals in it, that made it so the sodium
    polyacrylate couldn’t absorb it. Another interesting that that happened was that the club soda, was fizzy. I
    think this was because the club soda was carbonated. In conclusion, it turns out that sodium polyacrylate
    can absorb most materials, but not all, by materials I mean liquids. If I were to do this again, two things I
    would change would be, I would use different liquids, and change my hypothesis.

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