Laylani+C14


 * THE STUDY OF DIFFERENT GLOVES AND THEIR RESISTANCE TO LIQUID **
 * Laylani C **
 * 2013-2014 **

The purpose of this experiment was to find out how much of different liquids a latex free Ansell glove will stick to. Hydrophobic things are water resistant and stick to hydrophobic things, while hydrophilic things aren’t water resistant and don’t stick to hydrophobic things. A hand with a glove on it was placed in a beaker with 300ml of liquid for 30sec, then the liquid left on the glove was measured in ml three times to get and average, and repeated four other times with another liquid. Vegetable oil stuck the best, followed by eggs, milk, then water and vinegar with the same amount. Vegetable oil stuck the best because it’s hydrophobic like the glove so they stuck to each other well. Water and vinegar stuck the least because they aren’t hydrophobic and they are both watery.
 * ABSTRACT **

Something that could’ve been done better while doing the experiments is letting the liquid drip off of the glove for the same amount of time or not let it drip at all to make the data more exact. Something else that could’ve improved the project was put the gloves in the microwave for longer to affect the pattern, which could’ve made the data more spread out. An experiment that could be done is putting gloves in different amounts of vegetable oil to see if it affects the amount of oil the glove picks up. Another experiment that could be done is putting the same amount of oil in different shaped containers to see if it affects the amount of oil that sticks to the glove.
 * EXPERIMENTAL IMPORVEMENTS AND FUTURE EXPERIMENTS **

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