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Chemistry for Everyone
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JCE Classroom Activity
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Colorful Lather Printing
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Susan A. S. Hershberger, Matt Nance, Arlyne M. Sarquis, and Lynn M. Hogue
Center for Chemistry Education, Miami University Middletown, Middletown, OH 45042
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April 2007
Vol. 84 No. 4
p. 608A
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In this classroom activity, students explore the chemistry of polar and nonpolar substances and surfactants while marbling paper with consumer products. Shaving cream, a soap lather, is used as a base for supporting food color marbling patterns. Once the shaving cream is tinted, the excitement and marbling action continue as a drop of water on tinted shaving cream makes a clean white surface. As beautiful colored patterns are created, students refine their understanding of the hydrophilic and hydrophobic nature of the different marbling materials. Students compare diffusion of a dye in different materials, observe the wetting action of soap solutions and surfactants, and investigate a colloid.
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Hershberger, S. S.; Nance, Matt; Sarquis, Arlyne M.; Hogue, Lynn M. J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 608A.
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Applications of Chemistry; Consumer Chemistry; Elementary / Middle School Science; First-Year Undergraduate / General; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; High School / Introductory Chemistry; Interdisciplinary / Multidisciplinary; Noncovalent Interactions; Physical Properties; Public Understanding / Outreach; Surface Science; Water / Water Chemistry
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3/6/2007
3/8/2007
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