ACTIVITY 2B: POLARITY

PROCEDURES:
1. Using the Beral pipet, form a small puddle (about the size of a dime) on a piece of wax paper
and on the glass microscope slide.

(a) wax paper (b) glass microscope slide

2. Place the tip of the pipet in the center of the puddle and slowly drag the tip of the dropper
around the wax paper and on the glass microscope slide.

(a) wax paper (b) glass microscope slide

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

3. Make note of your observations in the table below.

Behavior of water on wax paper Behavior of water on glass slide

- The water droplets repel to the wax - The water droplets spread on glass
paper. microscope slide.
- The water duplicated when it is - The water is attract on glass slide.
dragged across the wax paper.
 CONCLUSION
QUESTION: Explain the behavior of the water as it is dragged across the wax paper and across
the glass slide. Which surface does the water cling to? Which surface is the water repelled by?

- The behavior of drops of water on the wax paper: Waxed paper is coated with paraffin
wax – a petroleum based product. Since the wax paper is made of petroleum based
product the drop will repel to it. It can be compared to some leaves when the water is
on the leaves it will form a circular water drops.

- The behavior of drops of water on the wax paper: Slides are usually made of common
glass and their edges are often finely ground or polished. Since their edges are often
finely ground or polished it will trap water. So the water dragged across will cling to
the glass.

QUESTION: Objects that are attracted to water are said to be hydrophilic (“water loving”), while
objects that are repelled by water are said to be hydrophobic (“water hating”). Identify the
hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces in this activity.

Hydrophilic (“water loving”) Hydrophobic (“water hating”)

- The hydrophilic or called “water - The hydrophobic or called “water

loving” in the experiment is the hating” in the experiment is the
surface of glass microscope slide. It is surface of wax paper. It is because of
because of water attract to glass water repel to wax paper.
microscope slide.
 ACTIVITY 3B: SURFACE TENSION
1. At this station, there are two pennies and two beakers one with water, and the other with
alcohol.

2. See how many drops of each solution you can fit on the head of each coin.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

3. Repeat each of these 3 times and record data in the table.

Trial Water Droplets on Penny Alcohol Droplets on Penny

1 24 19
2 23 19
3 20 17
Average 22.33 18.33
QUESTION: Using the data you collected above, explain which liquid has the higher surface
tension.

- Using the data gathered above it shows that the water has the highest surface tension
compared to ethanol. It is because there is a strong connection or attraction in water
molecules. Hydrogen has a positive ends and oxygen has a negative ends, that cause
water to stick together. Also there is certain amount of energy to split or break the
water.

CONCLUSION
QUESTION: What is the relationship between surface tension and cohesion?

- Surface tension is attraction of particles that minimizes the surface area. Cohesion is
responsible for sticking or joining the particles together. Surface tension and cohesion
is related to each other because their responsible is to combined particles and
minimize surface area.