science alive

Acid Alive

Aim: To put out a tealite candle using carbon dioxide ( CO₂₎

_Equipment:

• Splint 
• Tealite candle 
• 100 ml beaker 
• Damp paper towel 
• Safety glasses
• Ice cream container 
• Calcium carbonate 
• sulfuric Acid 
• lighter
• mixing stick

Method:

• We set up the damp paper towel in the ice cream container with the candle set on it 
• In our 100 ml beaker,we added the Calcium carbonate with the sulfuric acid 
• we lit our candle 
• Using the candle we lit our splint
• The calcium carbonate and the sulfuric acid,created the co2 which is a gas
• Using the co2 we had the mission to put out a flame
• Using the co2 we cut the oxygen from the fire their for putting out the fire
• We then cleaned up the experiment

Results:

Explanation: 

To conclude this experiment we know are going to prove how the experiment works. Parshley we used the tea lite candle to lite our candle. But to conclude why we used the candle was to prove the element of co2