Rise Fall Bubbles Carbonated Soda
What causes raisins to rise and fall in a glass of carbonated soda? Watch carefully and you should be able to figure it out.
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This Week's Experiment - #222 Dancing Raisins
This week's experiment is another old classic which is still a lot of fun.
Now that I think of it, it seems that most of the science tricks I did as a
kid have become OLD classics. You will need:
a glass
raisins
clear carbonated soda
Pour some soda into the glass. We want to be sure that it has plenty of fizz
left in it, so take a big swallow. Is it fizzy enough? Maybe another
swallow, just to be sure. OK, now fill the glass back up with soda and get
out the raisins. You had better eat a few of them too, just to be sure they
are OK. Now you know one of the reasons I like science so much. Drop a few
raisins into the soda. They sink to the bottom. Wow, that was exciting!
But wait! Watch for few seconds and you should see something happen.
Some of the raisins suddenly float upwards through the soda. When they reach
the top, they sink again. Soon, the raisins are dancing up and down in the
glass. What is going on? Watch carefully and you should be able to figure
it out.
Did you see what is happening? Tiny bubbles from the soda are forming on the
raisins. When a raisin gets enough bubbles on it, it rises to the top.
Where are the bubbles coming from? Right! They are coming from the soda.
The fizz in the soda is a gas called carbon dioxide. There is so much carbon
dioxide dissolved in the soda that it does not take much to cause it to come
out. One way to do this is with a small bubble. The surface of the raisin
traps tiny bubbles of air when you drop then into the glass. These tiny
bubbles collect carbon dioxide from the soda and begin to grow. When the
bubbles grow large enough, they lift the raisin. As they reach the top, the
bubbles pop and the raisin sinks again. While most of the gas goes into the
air, a small amount of the carbon dioxide sticks to the surface of the raisin
and it starts all over again.
I have seen this experiment done with uncooked macaroni, but I find that
raisins collect more bubbles and they are a lot more fun to eat. You might
try different kinds of soda. Soda with more fizz will cause the raisins to
react more.
From Robert Krampf's Science Education Company
PO Box 60982
Jacksonville, FL 32236-0982
904-388-6381
krampf@aol.com
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