Elephant's Toothpaste

Do your elephant friends smell? Unfortunately, this experiment can not make his breathing better ... but you will find a huge bubble tube that looks like an elephant's toothpaste!

Safety: This experiment requires supervision of adults. All participants must wear dishwashing gloves and safety glasses as a standard chemical treatment method.

Make an elephant toothpaste with different sized PET bottles or containers with differently shaped openings to see how it affects the bubble flow. Try using different amounts of mixture to determine how it affects the amount of foam

Foam is made when dishwashing detergent catches small oxygen bubbles generated by chemical reactions occurring in the bottle. When toothpaste is squeezed out of the tube, thick foam will seep from the top of the bottle and look like toothpaste. This activity is called "elephant toothpaste" because many bubbles look like toothpaste, a big enough elephant!

Hydrogen peroxide is a molecule composed of hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms. It can be represented by the chemical formula 2H 2 O 2. Under appropriate conditions, hydrogen peroxide undergoes a chemical reaction and decomposes into oxygen and water.

When a chemical consisting of only one molecule is broken down into two different smaller molecules, it is called a decomposition reaction. This special decomposition reaction is also an "exothermic" reaction, which means it will heat up. If you feel the side of the bottle, the plastic should feel very warm

Yeast contains an enzyme called catalase. This enzyme acts as a "catalyst" in this reaction, so it is called catalase. Catalyst is a substance that accelerates the rate of chemical reaction without changing its product. Yeast is added to hydrogen peroxide to promote the reaction. Yeast catalase promotes the process of decomposing hydrogen peroxide. And it produces oxygen and water faster. Oxygen is washed with dishwashing detergent and catches many small bubbles

Hydrogen peroxide is usually present in hair dye products. Hydrogen peroxide bleaches natural pigment to human hair by degrading the melanin of the hair. This is a small pigment that produces natural hair color.

Our body naturally synthesizes hydrogen peroxide and catalase (an enzyme found in yeast which helps break down hydrogen peroxide). However, with age, our body continues to produce hydrogen peroxide, but catalase is too little. Since the amount of catalase that can be used to decompose hydrogen peroxide is small, the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in the body increases. As the concentration of hydrogen peroxide increases, the melanin of the hair is destroyed and the color of the hair disappears and it turns into gray or white.

Elephant toothpaste is a foam substance caused by the rapid decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by using potassium iodide as a catalyst. The rate at which the reaction proceeds will depend on the concentration of hydrogen peroxide. This is a popular experiment done by children at school and parties, as it only requires a small amount of ingredients and becomes "bubble volcano"; this experiment is also known as "marshmallow experiment"

What is the elephant's toothpaste related to science? And since each bubble is filled with oxygen molecules, the bubbles you want to make are unique. Yeast acts as an adjuvant (catalyst) for removing oxygen from hydrogen peroxide. This happens very quickly and makes a lot of bubbles. You may notice that the bottle feels warm. That's because your experiment involves an exothermic reaction that is an exothermic reaction. As bubbles will spill out of the bottle, be sure to experiment with a cleanable surface or tray.

Make elephant toothpaste is an easy and enjoyable scientific experiment that you can do with your child or laboratory students at your home. As a result of chemical reaction, a large amount of bleeding will be generated. Foam movement looks like a toothpaste released from a tube and the amount of foam is usually enough for an elephant to brush its teeth. Pour the yeast mixture through the 3 funnel into the bottle. Quickly retract the funnel and remove it. You can pour your child into yeast, but if they are young, keep them in their arms so that the bottles will not overflow. To ensure stability, use a short bandwidth base. Please confirm that the neck is thin to enhance the effect