Ice Scientific Report

Wondering: I know that salt eats away at ice quick but can any other substance do the same?.

Hypothesis: I think Sugar will eat away at the ice the quickest.

Materials: Salt, Baking soda, Citric acid, Sand, Sugar, Containers, Ice, Measuring Spoons, Flat Surface, Timer, Measuring Cup. 

Variables:

Controlled: The amount, Temperature, Size, Timing, 

Independent: We changed the liquid to powder

Dependent: What we observe - Powder, Ice, Time 

Procedure: 

Pour ½ a cup of water into the containers that you are going to use for the experiment

Freeze the ice overnight  

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This is my ice scientific report

Measure and pour ¼ of a cup of each power into a seperate bowl each with the ice in the bowls.

Pour the powders onto the ice containers at the same time, while you pour the powder onto the ice, spread it around the ice so that it speeds up the process of the powders eating away at the ice.

As soon as the powders hit the ice start timing and observe the process

Results/Observations:

The citric acid, Baking powder and sugar are mixing threw into the ice 

The sugar looks like it is turning into liquid but the salt is observing the ice 

The sand might possibly come last because it is doing nothing to the ice

The citric acid looks like a slushie 

The sugar has a platform of ice on top 

There are some air bubbles in the ice on the citric acid 

The salt came first with 1h:14m 

Conclusion:

The salt interferes with the salt and makes crystals and mixies with the water that has already melted with heat and speeds up the process. My hypothesis ( I think Sugar will eat away at the ice the quickest )  proved me wrong and the salt melted the Ice the  quickest. A real life situation where you can use Salt is during winter when your concrete path or steps just sprinkle salt on the ice to melt it so your steps or path aren’t slippery.