Saturday, June 18, 2011

HOW TO SEPARATE SALT AND PEPPER!!!

In this experiment you will learn how to separate salt and peper!!


Materials:


Salt


Pepper


Plastic spoon


Woolen cloth (example:sweater)socks will work well.


Instructions


Mix salt and pepper together.


Rub the plastic spoon on the woolen cloth for 2-3 minutes.


Now quickly put the spoon above the mixture, don't touch the mixture.


Observe: The pepper sticks to the spoon!!


What is happening??
When you rub the plastic spoon with the woolen cloth you static electrify the plastic spoon. Static electricity is the force which attracts the pepper to it!! 



No comments:

Post a Comment