Naruto: June 2009

Application

I think people in the future could use this information for housing or maybe the city council could use this information by measuring the pH of rain water and seeing how it could rust houses nail's or maybe the need to design something requiring lots of iron and so to see how long it could last for.

Conclusion

For my conclusion I had finally got my answer. My hypothesis was correct since the nail in the vinegar hadn't even rusted at all, the nail in the sprite had completely rusted all over and finally the nail in the soda water had white patches which I found out is soda powder and had the bit of rust on at the bottom which seemed to be different to the rust on the nail in sprite, it looked like it had rusted for years since it was very red. but the other parts remained clean as if they were new. I then also discovered why the sprite had rusted faster then the4 soda water, it was because of the air bubbles that had oxegen inside them. What actually made nails rust actually the electrons inside the liquids which can be enhanced when it comes in contact with oxegen. I could have improved the experiment by adding a few more alternatives and testing them. So overall it left with soda water having the pH of 8 having the 2nd most rust, but greater intensity of rust. The nail with the most rust was the nail in sprite with the pH of 5 and the nail with no rust at all was the one in vinegar with the pH of 2.

Day 10 results

For todays final results, it ended up like:
-The nail in the sprite had completely rusted (5 pH)
-The nail in the soda water (8 pH)
-The nail in the vinegar hadn't rusted at all (2 pH)

Day 9 results

Today's results were the same now, the nail in the sprite had rusted and the nail in the soda water had completely been covered in white patches, finally the nail in the vinegar.

Day 8 results

For todays results there wasn't much change at all except for the soda water nail. There was a red colour on the bottom, which was probably rust, but the nail else where remained clean.

Day 7 results

The rust has completely covered the nail in the sprite and its bubbles had gone as well. The soda water nail seemed to have completely covered it in patches as well. The nail in the vinegar hadn't changed at all.

Day 6 results

The nail in the sprite had completely rusted and was black all over. The rust had covered a layer of the nail and the for the nail in soda water, you couldn't see much rust since it was covered in white patches.

Day 5 results

Todays results weren't much different to the ones yesterday, the nails hadn't rusted much at all. The white patches on the soda powder nail did begin to rust a bit though.

Day 4 results

Today results was a major difference, the nail with the highest pH ( sprite) had at least half of the outside rusted. The soda water had made big chunks cover all of the top 1/4 of the nail. The nail in the vinegar remained the same though.

Day 3 results

This day I found a white starchy looking substance covering a part of the nail in the liquid with the pH of 5 (soda water). Then I found out it was actually the soda powder which was covering the nail. The rust on the nail in the sprite was growing. Yhere will still no signs of rust though on the nail which is in vinegar.

Day 2 results

Day 2 results, I didn't much signs of rust on any of the nails, but the 8 pH liquid which is the sprite did have traces of rust on the bottom

Day 1 results

Day 1 results:
No signs of any rusting in any of the containers. Tipped some liquids out since corroding needs to have oxygen for the electrons to travel and corrode the substaance faster.

Method

Firstly set your containers on the same surface, room/ temperature. Prepare the liquids onto a table in measuring cups. Then take out your pH scale and find out the acid levels. Next place the iron nails into the containers and measure the liquids to make sure they're the same amount. Make sure you know which liquid is which and pour them into the separate containers, then label the containers since its hard to tell which is which. Do not touch or turn the containers since it may mantle with the corroding processes. Look at the time to see when you poured in the liquids (vinegar, soda water, sprite/ fizzy) and so you know when to look back at the nails. After 1 day record what has happened to the nails and take a photo or explain it thoroughly. Keep this routine up for about 15-20 days and see what has happened.