Will+S

Will S. 2011-2012
 * The Study of Dissolving Alka Seltzer Tablets **

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine how fast alka seltzer tablets dissolve in different liquids. The introduction talks about what alka seltzer is, what it is used for, how it is used, what is in alka seltzer, and what gasses are released from it. The materials and method section will talk about what experiments were conducted and what was used to conduct these experiments. The results and discussion section will tell of the results found from the conducted methods. The discussion will tell of how the results happened.

CONCLUSION Overall it has been proven that the warmer the water is, the faster alka seltzer tablets dissolve. It has also been proven that the more water used the faster alka seltzer tablets dissolve. Also the more basic the liquid is, the faster the alka seltzer tablet will dissolve. This study is important to the world to know how alka seltzer tablets dissolve in different liquids. Many people also think that acids dissolve bases better than basses do. Based on the research done, bases dissolve bases better than acids. The hypothesis was actually incorrect. It was believed that acids would dissolve the alka seltzer tablets faster. This was proven wrong. But part of the hypothesis was correct. This was because it was believed that alka seltzer tablets dissolve in warm water faster than cold and that alka seltzer tablets dissolve faster in larger amounts of water as opposed to smaller amounts. Future follow up experiments could be dissolving tablets in different liquids such as different amounts of acids or bases.