Alka Seltzer Temperature Lab Report
The purpose of my experiment was to see how temperature affected the reaction time of an Alka-Seltzer, an effervescent antacid used to relieve pain and other health symptoms. I wanted to research and experiment this because I was curious as to how Alka-Seltzers could take effect faster, and what made them react slower. In this experiment, the temperature of the water was my independent variable (IV), and the reaction time of the Alka-Seltzer was my dependent variable (DV). First, I filled a glass cup halfway with different temperatures of water (ice cold, cold, and hot water) and used a thermometer to measure the temperature in degrees Celsius. Then, I carefully dropped an Alka-Seltzer tablet and started my stopwatch to time how long it took