Review

Some links that I found resourceful in reviewing this units topics:

Enthalpy Video

Intermolecular vs. Intramolecular
Q=MCAT practice

Heating and Cooling Curves

Intermolecular Forces

Specific Heat Capacity of a Metal

Today we performed the specific heat capacity of a metal lab. In order to calculate the specific heat capacity with the data. we had to use -MCAT=MCAT. In this lab we were finding the specific heat of copper. Some links that were helpful included:
Specific Heat Capacity Practice
MCAT and Heat
Determining Specific Heat

Pop Pop Boat

After making the biodiesel in lab, we are making pop pop boats that will use the biodiesel for fuel. The biodiesel goes in with a candle wick that heats up the engine and creates CO2 that make the boat move in the water. Some helpful links for making a pop pop boat:
Video tutorial
http://www.sciencetoymaker.org/boat/asembCartonl.html

Making Biodiesel

After learning about biodiesel for our biodiesel videos we made biodiesel in a lab. We made the biodiesel using Chick-Fil-La sauce by mixing our oil and base together on a hot plate. After the oil and base had mixed for 25 minutes we removed it and poured it into a plastic cup. The cloudy brown color that formed after mixing ended up splitting into methyl esters and glycerin. The separated put biodiesel will be used to fuel the pop pop boats we are making next.

Make Your Own Biodiesel

Biodiesel Video

In this unit we learned about an alternative source for gas called biodiesel. This alternative fuel has many health benefits over the normal diesel gas that is used to fuel our trucks. These benefits include
To learn more about biodiesel you can watch this video my lab partner and I made: YouTube.

Some links that were helpful in making this video included the following:
http://biodiesel.org/
https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/biodiesel.shtml
http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/biodiesel_benefits.html