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Kristoforus Deodato Indra

Ivan Pattiasina
Physics 10
4 December 2015
Amount of time of liquids to evaporate
Introduction:
The purpose of this design experiment is to find which of the following liquids will be the one
that evaporates first (water, tea, liquid). The use of the volumetric mass density formula for the
liquid will help find which of these liquids will evaporate quicker. According to the formula, the
bigger the difference between the volume and the mass, the density either becomes high or low.
If the volume is bigger than the mass, it will have low density. If the mass is bigger than the
volume, then it will have high density. The formula for finding the density of the liquid is
expressed through:
m
p=
v .
p is density, while m is the mass, while v

is the volume of the liquid. For this type of

experiment, finding the mass of the liquid with the same volume for each liquid will find out the
density of each liquid.
A factor that highly affects evaporation is temperature. If the temperature can be measurable, it
should be measured using a fundamental unit. Since a thermometer uses either Fahrenheit or
Celsius (which are derived units) to record the temperature, these two formulas will help in
converting these values into the fundamental unit of temperature, Kelvin. Two formulas are
provided because to find Kelvin we need to know the value in Celsius and to do that we first
need to convert Fahrenheit into Celsius then into Kelvin. The formula shows:
F32
C=
1.8
K=+ 273

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The represents the temperature value in Celsius while

temperature in Fahrenheit. Lastly,

represents the value of

represents the value in Kelvin.

In this experiment, the three liquids that will be tested are water, coffee, and tea. These were the
liquids chosen for conducting the experiment because they have different density than each other.
After testing them, we will find out which liquid will evaporate first.
Hypothesis:
The higher the level of density, the longer it takes for the liquid to evaporate.
This hypothesis is based on how the bigger the density, the harder it is to evaporate. This is
because the liquid that has higher density will take much more effort to perform kinetic energy
and because it is dense it requires much more heat in order for it to evaporate.

Independent
Liquid with density above 1

Dependent
Volume post evaporation

Control
Mass

Evaporation rates

Volume pre evaporation

Temperature

rho

How to treat each variable

Independent
The liquid should have a density above 1 rho so that it would be easier to measure it evaporation
rates in long terms such as 1 week. If the density of a liquid is less than 1 rho, it would be easier
for it to measure the evaporation so that it would not evaporate as fast.
Dependent
The volume post evaporation will change if we change the liquid type for the experiment. If it
was for example 100ml for the original volume, the post volume will of course change and be
reduced after evaporation.

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Evaporation rates is measured in

E PEN

= 0.0047Rs

Rs
RH
+0.009 (T +20)(1
)
T +9.52. 4
Ra
100

( )

where it consists of the temperature, energy

transfer, and evaporation in the formula.

Control
The mass will be measured in mg, but the mass calculated will only be the net mass (excluding
the beaker). The mass must be the same or the volume of post evaporation would not be accurate.
The volume pre evaporation must be the same because if it is different, the volume post will be
very different and not accurate at all.
The temperature will be measured in Kelvin where we will measure the temperature of the room
in the experimental area. If we know the heat, it will be applied in the formula above considering
the evaporation rates formula.
Materials (the volume of the liquid is your choice, but in this case we use 100ml):
100 ml Water
100 ml Coffee
100 ml Tea
4 beakers with measures
1 Pen and paper (as much as you need) for notes
Method
1. Pour the same amount of liquid into each beaker. Note the amounts.
2. Measure the weight of the beaker. Then measure the beaker with the liquid. Just include
net mass (weight of beaker with liquid weight of beaker).

3. Set the beakers in a dry location at room temperature (20-30 C ).

4. Monitor the levels of the liquids for 1 week and note any differences.

Initial volume
Coffee
Tea
Water

Post volume

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Uncertainty
2
The uncertainty of the volume would be 0.01x0.01x0.01 cm

Safety Precautions
Cautiously handle the tea and coffee, they may be at high temperatures. Do not let skin be in
contact with high temperature.

(An example for the table, but instead uses different liquids)

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Works Cited
Penn-Chiu, Jennifer. "Do All Liquids Evaporate At The Same Rate?" Do All Liquids Evaporate
At The Same Rate? Web. 11 Dec. 2015. <http://www.education.com/sciencefair/article/do-all-liquids-evaporate-at-the-same-time/>.
Valiantzas, John. "Simplified Versions for the Penman Evaporation Equation Using Routine
Weather Data." Science Direct. B.V. Elsevier. Web. 11 Dec. 2015.
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002216940600326X>.