Removing ink

QUESTION:

WHICH SOLVENT WILL REMOVE INK BEST?

VINEGAR? HAIR SPRAY? ALCOHOL? WISK DETERGENT? WATER?

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECTIS TO DETERMINE WHAT CHEMCALS WILL TAKE INK OUT OF CLOTHES. IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN CASE YOU GET INK ON YOUR CLOTHES YOU CAN GET IT OUT.

HypothesisWE HYPOTHISIZE that hair spray will remove ink Because one of our teammates mom suggested

that we use it!

materialsmaterials QUARTER 5 CM BY 5 CM FABRIC PIECES 500 ML 4 CUPS625 ML WATER625 ML VINAGER625 ML OF ALCHOL 625 ML DETERGENTLABELSMARKERS

MANIPULATED/INDEPENDENT: DIFFERENT SOLVENTS

RESPONDING /DEPENDENT: HOW MUCH INK IS REMOVED

CONSTANT. Variables: SAME FABRIC, SAME AMOUNT OF INK, SAME AMOUNT OF CHEMICALS

VARIABLES

Directions1. Trace a quarter on 5 cloth squares2. Color in the circle with ink3. Fill a cup with 125 ml of water and label cup.4. Fill a cup with 125 ml of vinegar and label cup.5. Fill a cup with 125 ml of Wisk detergent and label cup.6. Fill a cup with 125 ml of alcoholand label cup.7. Place one cloth square in each cup.8. Soak cloth 24 hours.

9. Remove cloth from cup. Rate amount of ink on cloth using the rating scale 0 to 10 with zero being no ink removed and ten is all ink removed.

10. Repeat steps one through ten

NO

NO

CONCLUSION OUR HYPOTHESIS WAS INCORRECT.

WATER WORKED THE BEST TO TAKE INK OUT FROM THE CLOTH. WATER’S AVERAGE REMOVAL RATE WAS 6.2, DETERGENT’S WAS 2.8, ALCOHOL’S WAS 4.4 , AND HAIR SPRAY’S WAS 3.o.