Vegetable Oil Lava Lamp

Unlike the water molecule there is equal sharing of electrons between the carbon and hydrogen atoms.

Vegetable oil lava lamp.

For this groovy experiment kids get to recreate their parents lava lamp while learning about liquid density. How much vegetable oil do you put in a lava lamp. Vegetable oil water and an alka seltzer tablet. So for 1 portion of water i would add 3 portion of oil for a lava lamp.

Because the original lava lamp produces heat and it is not safe to keep the. When using aspirin eno tablet. You can choose the size of the container based on how much vegetable oil you have to spare. Take the alka seltzer tablets and break them into 2 or 3 pieces.

Then add some salt to the bottle or an effervescent tablet so the mixture starts fizzing. We found it created a lot of bubbles and the clarity of the lava lamp was not as good but it does still work. Vegetable oil or you could use mineral or baby oil instead fizzing tablets such as alka seltzer food coloring. Your lava lamp is ready.

Food coloring primary colors or neon. I prefer to have atleast 3 4 of the container. Even a small amount of oil can burn for a few hours. Next if you don t have alka seltzer you can make your own mix.

The flame ignites it causing the oil to vaporize. I like using these gel food colors for vibrant coloring. Original alka seltzer tablets. Lava lamp without alka seltzer.

Fill the bottle up about 1 4th 1 quarter with water. To begin color about 1 2 cup of water with food coloring. Fill up to of t the glass mason jar with vegetable oil fill the remaining of the glass mason jar with water leaving about an inch empty at the top. Can you leave lava lamps on all night.

If you don t have all the ingredients on hand you can make a few substitutions. Vegetable oil on the other hand is a nonpolar molecule made of long chains of hydrocarbons strings of carbon atoms bonded to hydrogen atoms. The vegetable oil will be drawn up into the wick. To make a cool looking lava lamp you ll need a large flashlight like the one in the.

A traditional ceramic dish oil lamp how the vegetable oil lamp works. Instead of vegetable oil you can use baby oil. Even if you are using olive oil which is fairly expensive it still ends up being cheaper than most candles. Add 3 4 drops of the food colour to the water and oil solution and mix it well.

Pour the vegetable oil in the bottle until is almost full. Watch scientist joe as he makes the lava lamp experiment here.