Victor+T14

Victor T. 2013-2014
 * TESTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CHEMICAL CLEANERS AS TO NATURAL CLEANERS **

====The purpose of the experiment was to figure out whether natural cleaners remove a stain better than chemical cleaners, and if the natural cleaner was not the best, which chemical one was better. It was hypothesized that the Tide cleaner was going to be the best cleaner, mostly because it was a popular brand and it was thought that Tide had the most and the best chemicals out of all the cleaners. For the method, a light sensor probe was used to measure how much light could get through a plain towel, and after it was stained and measured with a probe, it was washed with each stain cleaner. The result of the washing was measured again by the probe, and this happened three times and the results were averaged. Tide ended up being the best in removing the most lux of light from most stains, while Shout let the most extra lux through all of the total stains, which was 463 lux, while Tide was second, letting 446 extra lux in. The Natural cleaner tied for the worst in removing the most lux in a stain, and being the worst in removing the most total lux from all of the stains. The hypothesis then was confirmed. ====
 * ABSTRACT **

=Experimental Improvements and Future Experiments= It was thought that the experiment could have been improved by having a better washing and drying process for my towels with the stains on them. If the towels could have been put in a washing machine and a dryer, better stain removal techniques could have been used. Some other future experiments that could have been done were if seeing if the baking soda in the natural cleaner is what cleans the stain, or do spray on detergents like Tide, work better then powder detergents, like OxyClean.

