White powders

Aim: To learn about the makeup of different white powders.

Here are some examples of everyday kitchen white powders.

Flour

Cornflour

Sugar

Salt

Baking Soda

Baking Powder

Icing Sugar

Tartaric Acid

Citric Acid

Gluten Free flour

Materials

1. One black piece of paper 

2. Four white powders (Sugar, Salt, Baking soda & Corn Flour) 

3. Magnifying glass 

4. Pipette  

5. Chemicals ( Iodine, Vinegar & Water)

1.  Cornflour

2.  Baking Soda

3.  Salt

4. Sugar 

Findings:

What?	Sugar	Salt	Baking Soda	Cornflour
Appearance	Clumpy	Wet/Dry	Clumpy	Hard
Texture	Glunk	Soft	Soft	Soft, Hard and clumps
Smell	Sugar	Salt	Smokey. Vinegar and crawrin	Smokey and vinegar
Iodine	Wet and Soggy	Absorbed and soft	Damp	Hard
Water	Sticky and soggy	Damp	Hard	Gooy and hard
Vinegar	Sticky	Damp	Fizzy	Hard

Write a paragraph about your findings.

The sugar: The sugars appearance was clumpy, the texture was glunk, it smelt like sugar which it is sugar, iodine made the sugar go wet and soggy, the water made the sugar go sticky and soggy, lastly the vinegar made the sugar go sticky.

The Salt: The salts appearance was wet and dry, the texture was soft, it smelt like salt which it is salt, iodine made the salt go soft and also the salt absorbed the iodine, the water made the salt go Damp and lastly the vinegar made the salt go damp as well.

The Baking soda: The baking soda appearance was clumpy, the texture was soft, it smelt smokey,like vinegar and also like crawrin, iodine made the baking soda go hard, the water made the salt go hard and lastly the vinegar made the baking soda go fizzy.