Science Club Update
February 8th, 2007
This week Brent and I made homopolar motors that were actually pretty neat.
Last week Brent rigged up a homemade etching machine. You basically get something metal, sand it a bit, then cover up the parts you don't want etched with tape. Then you put it in a basin of salt water with some electrode stuff going into it and then the magic takes over. We got kinda mixed results. It didn't work that well, but it was definitely the most extensive / suspenseful experiment yet.
What about next week?!? I think we're going to try and make hydrogen and fill a baloon or something? We'll see though.
Last week Brent rigged up a homemade etching machine. You basically get something metal, sand it a bit, then cover up the parts you don't want etched with tape. Then you put it in a basin of salt water with some electrode stuff going into it and then the magic takes over. We got kinda mixed results. It didn't work that well, but it was definitely the most extensive / suspenseful experiment yet.
What about next week?!? I think we're going to try and make hydrogen and fill a baloon or something? We'll see though.