AboutRalph Salier-Hellendag Expertise Science Fair Judge for many years and experience with robotics, biology, chemistry, industrial processes, metalurgy and metal forming.
Experience Science Fair Judge for many years and have helped several students get to state level competition. Most recently 2 of my students received state level awards and one went on to the nationals in Washington DC.
Education/Credentials BA Archaeology - Anthropology
MA Business Anthropology
Question For my science project i was testing which liquid would melt a lollipop faster..... vinegar, gatorade, and water. I was surprised that the water melted the lollipop first....can you tell me why?
Answer Hi Kaitlyn,
a lollipop is made of sugar. Vinegar has water in it but it is mostly Acetic Acid. And though sugar will dislove in acetic acid, it does so very slowly. Gatorade has a lot of disolved sugars and salts already so not much more sugar can disolve into solution. Finally, water likes sugar and you can disolve a lot of sugar into water before it can't take up more. So, it is based on the ability of a liquid to absorb the sugar into solution.
