50 likes | 174 Views
CBEE 101. Reaction Powered Car. Michael Hales, Toby Gay, Elyssa Trejo. Reaction Chemistry. Things We Tried: -Baking Soda and Vinegar -Battery Cells: Copper Sulfide and Zinc Sulfide
E N D
CBEE 101 Reaction Powered Car Michael Hales, Toby Gay, Elyssa Trejo
Reaction Chemistry Things We Tried: -Baking Soda and Vinegar -Battery Cells: Copper Sulfide and Zinc Sulfide (using salt bridge and metal strips with alligator clips; could only generate 2 volts and very little amps) -Hydrochloric Acid and Potassium Bicarbonate What We Used: Vinegar and Potassium Bicarbonate CH3COOH + KHCO3
Car Design Key Design Points: Simple, Lightweight, Balanced Secured bottle with duct tape on last trial run to prevent from going crooked.
Conclusions • Performance: -Made the car move -Inconsistant!!! -Lots of spew -Didn’t get to 25 ft. • Re-Design Ideas: -Secure Bottle, -Tip Bottle Up (to prevent spew) • Comments: - wasted too much time on battery cells, had to start over and were limited on time - Could have had much better results if given an extra day