Investigative Question
Does sugar or salt effect the freezing point and period of time that water takes to freeze?
Hypothesis
If you add either sugar or salt to water it will affect the freezing point of the water and will therefor take longer to freeze.
Aim
The aim of the project is to prove whether or not adding sugar and salt to water will affect the freezing point of the water and will therefor take longer to freeze.
Variables
Independent Variables: the independent variables are the amount of salt and sugar added to the solution.
Dependant Variables: the dependent variable is how long the solution takes to freeze
Controlled Variables: the controlled variables are the temperature in the freezer which remains constant and the amount of …show more content…
When this happens the water molecules web together and the water becomes ice. The reason the salt and sugar lowers the freezing point and the water takes longer to freeze is because the salt or sugar molecules interfere with the attraction between the water molecules and therefore interfere with the webbing of the water molecules which prevents the water from turning into ice, when the water temperature lowers even further it eventually reaches a temperature where the water molecules slow down so much that the molecules are able to become a solid even with the presence of salt or sugar.
What will freeze faster water, sugar water or salt water?
The plain water will freeze the fastest because there is nothing interfering the freezing process. The sugar water will freeze next and the salt water will be the last to freeze.
Why does the sugar water freeze faster than the salt water?
The reason sugar water freezes faster than salt water is because the salt water has a higher hydration than the sugar water so it takes the salt water longer to freeze.
Apparatus
• Ice Tray
• Measuring
Does sugar or salt effect the freezing point and period of time that water takes to freeze?
Hypothesis
If you add either sugar or salt to water it will affect the freezing point of the water and will therefor take longer to freeze.
Aim
The aim of the project is to prove whether or not adding sugar and salt to water will affect the freezing point of the water and will therefor take longer to freeze.
Variables
Independent Variables: the independent variables are the amount of salt and sugar added to the solution.
Dependant Variables: the dependent variable is how long the solution takes to freeze
Controlled Variables: the controlled variables are the temperature in the freezer which remains constant and the amount of …show more content…
When this happens the water molecules web together and the water becomes ice. The reason the salt and sugar lowers the freezing point and the water takes longer to freeze is because the salt or sugar molecules interfere with the attraction between the water molecules and therefore interfere with the webbing of the water molecules which prevents the water from turning into ice, when the water temperature lowers even further it eventually reaches a temperature where the water molecules slow down so much that the molecules are able to become a solid even with the presence of salt or sugar.
What will freeze faster water, sugar water or salt water?
The plain water will freeze the fastest because there is nothing interfering the freezing process. The sugar water will freeze next and the salt water will be the last to freeze.
Why does the sugar water freeze faster than the salt water?
The reason sugar water freezes faster than salt water is because the salt water has a higher hydration than the sugar water so it takes the salt water longer to freeze.
Apparatus
• Ice Tray
• Measuring