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UPSL PRESENTATION: Vinegar and Baking Soda Rocket!!!. Judith Linan. Understanding:. The type of chemical reaction that occurred was in the beginning a double replacement and ended with a decomposition. Decomposition reaction would be breaking like breaking water down into oxygen and hydrogen.
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UPSL PRESENTATION: Vinegar and Baking Soda Rocket!!! Judith Linan
Understanding: • The type of chemical reaction that occurred was in the beginning a double replacement and ended with a decomposition. • Decomposition reaction would be breaking like breaking water down into oxygen and hydrogen. • The chemical equation is NaHCO3(baking soda) + CH3COOH(vinegar) --> CH3COONa + H2CO3 (carbonic acid). • At the end of the reaction the pressure builds up and that is what makes your rocket launch. • What type and design is best for the rocket.
Plan • To plan you need to get the materials for your rocket: a plastic bottle, cardboard, scissors, tape, paint ,stopper , baking soda, vinegar ,measuring equipment and paper towels (and make a top if you want). • You need to take into consideration of the weather of the day and the angle of your launching pad which is 45 degrees for us • Keep in mind of the chemical reactions that will be occurring. ( Double replacement and decomposition)
How to build a rocket (the simple way) • Steps: • 1) cut out your wings with the scissors you have. • 2) Cut out a top piece for the top of your rocket. • 3)Attach the wings and top to the plastic bottle. (Making sure its fully attached.)
Solve • For solving you need to test your rocket. • My first testing didn’t work at all. The stopper came out because it wasn’t in tight enough. • My second testing my rocket went 5 ft. • The ratio I used was 60 to 3 which is 20 to 1 multiplied by three. ( It worked out pretty good for simply launching it.)
Look Back • Looking back, I could have improved • My ratio (increasing my vinegar and baking soda amount) • The structure of the rocket (I could have added a top to the rocket instead of just having it as the way it was.) 60:3 90:6?
Citations • http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/propulsion/1-how-are-rockets-designed.html • http://www.nasa-usa.de/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/games/leveltwo/KC_Rocket_Builder.html • http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem99/chem99096.htm