Antacids Tablet Experiment

Research question: Which antacid tablet reacts the fastest with stomach acid? Aim: To find out which antacid tablet is the most affective. Hypothesis: Baking Soda will react the fastest and change colour the fastest as its already in power form and will dissolve much faster. As for Moxal Plus and Maalox Plus will react slower as its in a tablet form and will dissolve much slower. Variables: Independent Variables: Antacid tablets Dependent Variables: Stomach acid Control Variable: The amount/ concentration of stomach acid and the amount of the antacid tablets. The temperature of the acid and the metals. The maximal time of observation (120 sec).

Materials: Stop Watch Testing Tube Safety Goggles Stomach Acid Dropper Test Tube Rack Spatula Mortar Pestle Forceps Moxal Plus Maalox Plus Baking Soda

Method: 1. Get ready by putting on you safety goggles and clearing your table. 2. Use your dropper to pour the right amount of stomach acid in each of the testing tubes. (max 8 drops) 3. Then put the testing tube on the test tube rack. 4. By using your Mortar and Pestle grind the baking soda and use your Spatula to pour a teaspoon of baking soda in the testing tube. 5. Record the times and colour change by using a stop watch in a table. 6. Then, take another antacid (either Moxal Plus or Maalox) and half the tablet by using the Spatula. 7. Pick up the tablet using a Forcep and drop it into another testing tube. 8. Do this with the other tablet as well. 9. Once you completed the experiment do another one using the same equipment. Just to make sure you have the right answer 10. Later on clear your work space and start making a graph for this experiment to understand better.

Observation:

Antacids Amount Colour of pH after Used effectiveness reaction

Moxal Plus Half a Tablet Light Yellow pH 5-6

Time
First trial 1 minute 30 seconds 1 minute 20 seconds 20 seconds Second trial 1 minute 24 seconds 1 minute 17 seconds 20 seconds

Maalox Plus

Half a Tablet

Dark Yellow and Orange

pH 4

Baking Soda

Teaspoon

Yellow

pH 3

Graph:

Which antacid tablet reacts the fastest with stomach acid?

1.40 secs 1.30 secs 1.20 secs 1.10 secs 1.00 secs 90 secs 80 secs 70 secs 60 secs 50 secs 40 secs 30 secs 20 secs 10 secs 0 secs Moxal Plus Maalox Plus Baking Soda

TIME TAKEN

ANTACIDS

Conclusion: In conclusion my hypothesis was correct. I predicted that Baking Soda would react and change colour the fastest due to that the Baking Soda is in a powered form making it dissolve faster. My group members and I worked well together, we had no fight or arguments, and we shared the experiment equally amongst ourselves and followed the safety rules of science during an experiment. We followed the method and understood how much we needed in each testing tube. We could work on our timings and we finished late as we did the experiment twice. Otherwise I think my group was behaving well and working as a team by cooperating well and communicating with one another.

Evaluation: For my results, you can rely on them because my group and I did our experiment twice. The same results were for both of the experiment. We also did it so one of us times for the first experiment and another person from my group times the experiment the second trial. We did this because we wanted to see the if our first experiment went wrong. Our results were that there was some seconds later from the first trial then the second trial.

Resources:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080723015415AANSUYl

"Baking Soda and Hydrochloric Acid Question?" Yahoo! Answers. Yahoo!, n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2013.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_bicarbonate

"Sodium Bicarbonate." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Nov. 2013. Web. 01 Dec. 2013.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_does_baking_soda_react_with_hydrochloric_acid#slide1

"How Does Baking Soda React with Hydrochloric Acid?" WikiAnswers. Answers, n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2013.

http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/low/lab/lab.htm

"Lab Equipment." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation, n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2013.