The Lil Toasty Chem

Project
Logan S., E.C S, Sarah H., & Michael C.

Introduction:
What is the purpose of this
project?
Make hand warmers,
because . . .
Chemistry is Involved
Raises money for School
People become warm

What are Hand Warmers?

Bags that you crush that
become warm!
Benefits of this project?
WARM ~~
Chemistry Stuff!

Chemistry Involved:
Salts react differently with
water
Saw how well or how little the
temperature rises through
tests
Exothermic Reaction; releases
energy (Heat)
Displacement Reaction; 2
reactants making 3 different

Testing Process:
Tested 7 different salts using
Glass Cylinder
Hot Plate
Thermometer

Most only reached barely over

room temperature with 50mL of
water
Later used less amount of water

Thought Process in Project:

Established what materials we would consider for the
bags model
Plastic Bag
Cloth

Figured what salt we wanted to use, which ended up

being, you guessed it, Lithium Chloride!
Temperature rises significantly with small amount of water.

Tested a few models to find the right shape (Rectangle,

Square, etc.)

Innovations:
Instead of just using just
Lithium Chloride, we added
Calcium Chloride!
Sustains Heat

Penguin Tape
Adds aesthetic appeal
Could be changed to other themes
(mustangs, school or class colors)
Insulates the hand warmer

Journey to Perfection: Final Design:

Original Prototypes:

Final Prototype:

Only lasted ~ 3 minutes

Double Bag

Singled Bags

Lasts Longer

Leaked a ton
Popped all the time

~ 12 minutes
Penguins

Looked atrocious

Fits in your Hand

Not Toasty

Very Toasty
Duct tape; more durable

Final Product:
Consists of:
5 grams of LiCl
5 grams of CaCl
50 ml of water in a small heat sealed bag

All in a heat - sealed double bag

covered in duct tape
Samples ! ! !

Some Numbers:
Cost:
LiCl: 7 cents per gram
CaCl: 4 cents per gram
2 cents per plastic bag
Water less than 1 cent per 50 ml
Duct tape 18 cents per foot

Our Final cost will be 78 cents

give or take 5 cents per

Reflection:
Established:
The Size of the Bag
The Shape of the Bag
Installation of Heat

Salts to Use
Difficulties:
Stop Bag from leaking
Finding the most efficient design (Tried

A LIL TOASTY A DAY

KEEPS THE
HYPOTHERMIA
AWAY!

Thanks for Listening!