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    The document describes an experiment on the Tyndall effect conducted by Doha Ibrahim. Three cups were filled with water and cornstarch or baking powder were added to two cups. A flashlight was shined through each mixture. In the cornstarch mixture, the light scattered and did not pass through clearly. In the baking powder mixture, the light beam passed through clearly. The Tyndall effect is when light scatters in a medium with small suspended particles, such as in cornstarch or fog.

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    The document describes an experiment on the Tyndall effect conducted by Doha Ibrahim. Three cups were filled with water and cornstarch or baking powder were added to two cups. A flashlight was shined through each mixture. In the cornstarch mixture, the light scattered and did not pass through clearly. In the baking powder mixture, the light beam passed through clearly. The Tyndall effect is when light scatters in a medium with small suspended particles, such as in cornstarch or fog.

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    THE TYNDALL EFFECT

    Experiment by: Doha Ibrahim


    • MATERIALS I USED:
    • 3 same sized cups
    • Cornstarch
    • Baking powder
    • Water
    • Teaspoon
    • Normal water to compare the differences
    • Flash to see if light beams through each mixture
    • THAT’S ALL !!
    WHAT IS THE TYNDALL EFFECT??
    • Tyndall effect, also called Tyndall phenomenon, scattering of a beam of light by a
    medium containing small suspended particles—e.g., smoke or dust in a room, which
    makes visible a light beam entering a window. The effect is named for the 19th-
    century British physicist John Tyndall, who first studied it extensively
    • An example:
    • When a beam of light is directed at a glass of milk, the light is scattered. This is a
    great example of the Tyndall effect. When a torch is switched on in a foggy
    environment, the path of the light becomes visible. In this scenario, the water
    droplets in the fog are responsible for the light scattering.
    PROCESS:
    • First I filled up the three cups equally with water then I added to one of them 1 and a ½
    teaspoon of baking soda then I mixed it.
    • Then I did the same thing with corn starch and mixed it with one of the glasses.
    • Then the third cup will stay as water (control)
    • After mixing them very well I got a flash to experiment on each glass to see whether the
    light will pass through or not.
    RESULTS:
    • In corn starch I couldn’t see the beam pass through the liquid but I could see it light up and it
    was dispersed and it’s colloids.
    • In baking soda I can see the light beam pass through so I could also see the light beam on the
    wall behind the glass and it’s suspensions.
    • For water I couldn’t see the light beam through the glass but I saw it on the wall.
    CONCLUSION:
    • The beam was clear to me since there were large particles from the baking soda crystals
    • Beam of light can’t be visible in either colloids or suspensions for example:
    • Gels , foam , milk , mayonnaise,etc..(colloids)
    • Muddy water , flour in water , sand particles suspended in water, etc..(suspensions)
    1. Thanks for reading
    2. Done by: Doha Ibrahim 11A

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