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Mystery Powder????

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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MYSTERY POWDER???

A LAB SUMMARY BY JOEANNA EMERSON

WHAT IS THE POWDER????

BY USING RUSULTS FROM MY LAB I FOUND OUT THE POWDER IS BAKING SODA
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TEXTURE

  • Corn starch: smooth
  • Salt: crystals and rough
  • Powdered sugar: smooth
  • Baking soda: smooth, yet grainy
  • Mystery: smooth yet grainy
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MIX WITH WATER

  • Corn starch: milky and dark white
  • Salt: some dissolving
  • Powder sugar: dissolved
  • Baking soda: stays to bottom and sticks together
  • Mystery: stays to bottom and sticks together
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MIX WITH VINEGAR

  • Corn starch: milky & smooth
  • Salt: nothing really
  • Powder sugar: almost all the way dissolved
  • Baking soda: a lot of fizz
  • Mystery: a lot of fizz

MIX WITH IODINE

  • Corn starch: almost black
  • Salt: thick and grainy
  • Powder sugar: brown and dissolved
  • Baking sugar: fizzy
  • Mystery: fizzy
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FLAMIBILITY

  • Corn starch: burned
  • Salt: little brown
  • Powder sugar: melting
  • Baking soda: browning
  • Mystery: browning

COMPRESSION

  • Corn starch: packed together alot
  • Salt: stayed the same
  • Powder sugar: some pieces together
  • Baking soda: stay the same with some little chunks
  • Mystery: stay the same with some little chunks
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My tests helped prove that the powder is baking soda because the mystery powder and baking soda have all of the same results for all of the tests.