Really sticky and is time consuming
( when it comes to beakers at least)
Variables
Independent Variable
Amount of emulsifier
Range: 0-5ml
Interval: 1ml
Dependant
Time taken to separate
Controlled Variables
Oil (10ml)
Water (10ml)
Shakes
Food colouring ( 2 drops)
Room Temperature
Preliminary Testing
Volume of water and oil
10-20 ml
Reasons to choose
range: To see how
long it takes
Final Value: 10 ml
Reasons for choice: Short
enough to wait without
wasting time. Long enough
to record for more than
one second
Hypothesis
The time taken for a
mixture of oil, water and
emulsifier to separate
depends on the volume of
emulsifier in the mixture
The bigger the volume,
the shorter the time it
takes for the oil and the
water to separate
Risk
Assessment
Apparatus could break due to
rough handling or it falling on
the floor
They could cause
injuries and are
expensive to replace
Be gentle with them and don't put
them at the edge of the table
Ill-fitting bungs
could cause the
testube to shatter
Glass could cut skin and cause
serious injuries
Choose the correct size bung
Lecithin could be accidently ingested
It could make the person very ill
Keep hands away from mouth and
wash hands after use
All the substances are slippery
Somebody could slip and hurt themselves
Ensure the lids are secured on
the bottles and clean u
spillages immediately
Equipment
10 ml of oil
Stopwatch
Thermometer
10ml of water
5 bungs
4 testubes
marker ( to
mark out 1 cm
line on each of
the testubes
testube rack
Food Colouring
4 pipettes
medium strength lecithin
Fair Testing (Validity)
Shakes
Count and have another
person keep track
Temperature
Use a thermometer to
test the substances to
make sure they are
within average room
temperature
Oil+ Water+ Food Colouring
Use a pipette graduated in
ml to ensure the correct
amount goes in
Use the 1cm line to know
precisely when to stop the
stopwatch to acquire the
dependant variable
Random questions answered
DV will be measured using a
stopwatch to a resolution of 0.001 of a
second
3 repeats. Enough to eliminate anomalies but not
as much to make too many anomalies
The testubes will be used to contain
all the liquids . The pipettes will be
used as a measuring device. The
stopwatch is to measure the
dependant variable