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Time: Approximately 45 minutes + Difculty: Hints: Step 4 involves two miscible liquids and will
require patience so the layers dont mix. Dont worry if they do! It really is very hard to keep them apart.
the golden syrup into 1. Pour the bottom of the jar lling 1/6th of the jar. Use the same amount for each of the following liquids. the glass slightly 2. Tip and slowly pour in the dishwashing liquid. Tipping the jar slightly will help to stop liquids mixing together.
2 drops of blue food 3. Add colouring to water. Add very slowly to the jar, trying not to mix the liquids.
Note - The exact amount of each liquid will depend on the size of your jar. Each ingredient will ll 1/6th of the jar. Note - This experiment involves the use of alcohol and will require adult supervision in collecting the ingredients.
2 drops of green food 4. Add colouring to the alcohol. Pour into the jar by dribbling down the side of the jar very slowly. This is the most difcult step. the vegetable oil to 5. Add your jar. Stand your jar on a table and allow to settle.
all the layers. 6. Notice Observe that some layers have mixed more than others and some very clearly will not mix. Why do you think that is?
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Experiment 2 - A refraction experiment Do the experiment on the rst page again. This time do not shake the jar. Take a stick and insert it into the jar so that the stick touches the bottom. Observe the stick from the side. What do you see? Each liquid bends the light coming through the glass in a different way. All liquids have a property called the refractive index. This is the measure of how much light will be bent when it passes through a material. The refractive index will increases with density.
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