It has to be related to chemistry.....it can't be an experiment that can be considered a biological experiment or a psychological experiment.
2007-02-06 06:20:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Determine the sugar content. Look up in your text for a simple fermentation experiment.
Substitute your sports drink (or several cans, for your sugar source).
After the fermentation is over - isolate the alcohol mixture, and run a GC. From the value of the peak (percentage) you will be able to back calculate the concentration of sugar in the energy drink. Compare it to what is printed on the label on the can. Do they match? If they don't match - why?
2007-02-06 06:34:44 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Dave P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Preform?
*sigh*
You can PERFORM chemistry experiments on sports drinks by breaking down their chemical composition and analyzing each component and how it interacts with the others.
2007-02-06 06:24:45 · answer #2 · answered by kja63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Test it for acidity. That one is pretty basic.
When I was in a college chemistry class we did tests to determine which chemicals were in a sample given to us. A lot of it depended on solubility and things like that.
Add one chemical to the sample and see what reaction you had. From there you could look up to see which chemicals interact to cause that reaction. We had like 20 different tests to do to figure out what was in the sample. It was a big part of our final.
2007-02-06 06:26:09 · answer #3 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so far some pretty good answers. neutralize it with baking soda. measure the pH. measure its corrosion rate on steel. analyze it's composition (a bit more complicated but interesting). how about evaporating it and measuring the amount of sugar remaining?
2007-02-06 06:35:45 · answer #4 · answered by Dr W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steal some off the bench at a football game
2007-02-06 06:23:25 · answer #5 · answered by The Fifth Contender 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what you could do is heat up a bunch of sports drinks like gatorade and propel and stuff and see what dissolves and evaporates and turns into a gas or whatever happens.
2007-02-06 06:25:38 · answer #6 · answered by pinkpup101 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure i was going to give you the old Baking soda test but thought na bad one good luck
2007-02-06 06:23:26 · answer #7 · answered by john t 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
test for electrolite count
2007-02-06 06:23:30 · answer #8 · answered by therernonameleft 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coke is a corrosive (acidic) it will react with metal
2007-02-06 06:28:04 · answer #9 · answered by Robert P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pH? Salinity? Sugar content? I dunno...
2007-02-06 06:25:43 · answer #10 · answered by M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋