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 * THE STRETCH OF GUM AFTER BEING CHEWED FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. **

Nadeen Atieh 2012- 2013

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The purpose of the study was to determine how far gum can stretch after being chewed for a certain amount of time. Also the purpose of the study was to see how far gum can stretch after being soaked in a certain type of soda and then chewed for a certain amount of time. It was found that gum is first made with natural latex (which comes from trees) or artificial latex which comes in large boxes. Various brands of gum were tested to determine how far gum can stretch after being chewed for a certain amount of time. It was determined that when put in different drinks that once put in nothing or not being soaked at all before the gum was chewed. It was also determined that when chewed for a long time the gum stretched longer. This seems because if chewed for a long time the gum stretches in the mouth so when truly stretched the gum stretches the most. Also it sees that gum stretches the longest when put in nothing because when put in a drink the chemicals in that drink start to mix with the gum and the does not allow the gum to stretch as much as that type of gum should stretch. =====


 * EXPERIMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FUTURE EXPERIMENTS **

====An improvement to this experiment would be to increase the amount of time put in a certain liquid. This way, the gum can be soaked for a longer amount of time and the people would be more interested in the experiment. The gum would be able to soak up more liquid which would allow the gum to stretch farther or shorter.==== A future experiment that would be able to determine the stretch of gum would be that you chew the gum for about 10 min, then dip the gum in acid for about 2 min, then see how far the gum can stretch.