Chemists are Artists
Metal Magic
Background Info: This project was to create art using chemistry for the new science building at my school. My group decided to do an activity we have previously done before but larger and altering the color by changing the type of metal acid we use. We attempted at finding another color but in the end our experiments did not work so we used what we knew would work so we could still show our designs. There were three people in my group, we each had a piece of galvanized iron metal and we each separately did a design either of Biology, Physics, and Chemistry. I did the Chemistry design for my metal. We named our collection Metal Magic Message but Metal Magic flows better.
Process: Our process was covering galvanized iron with masking tape then cutting out the designs we wanted shaded by which then we would dip in hydrochloric acid as to strip zinc layer leaving iron exposed to then be able to add cupric nitrate so that a single replacement reaction could occur leaving it a different color showing off our art. After that is done we would spray it with an acrylic sealer to protect our art and same process was done for each metal piece.
Theme: Science
Types of Reactions: Single replacement reaction and in chemistry drawing double replacement reaction; also possibly decomposition when removing zinc layer.
Chemical Reaction Formulas: On our art place card
Art place card below
Process: Our process was covering galvanized iron with masking tape then cutting out the designs we wanted shaded by which then we would dip in hydrochloric acid as to strip zinc layer leaving iron exposed to then be able to add cupric nitrate so that a single replacement reaction could occur leaving it a different color showing off our art. After that is done we would spray it with an acrylic sealer to protect our art and same process was done for each metal piece.
Theme: Science
Types of Reactions: Single replacement reaction and in chemistry drawing double replacement reaction; also possibly decomposition when removing zinc layer.
Chemical Reaction Formulas: On our art place card
Art place card below
Slide show below
Contents
Chemical Reaction: Process in which 1 or more substances turn/ change into 1 or more new different substances; each substance has own unique chemical/ physical properties.
Types of Chemical Reactions examples
- Synthesis: A+B —> AB
- Decomposition: AB —> A+B
- Single Replacement: AB+C —> AC+B
*Reaction will happen if elements more reactive than element solution*
- Double Replacement: AB+CD —> AD+CB
- Combustion: hydrocarbon+O2(g) —> CO2(g)+H2O(g)
Balancing Formulas: Balancing the amount of molecules for each substance/ element equaling on both sides of an arrow representing a reaction and the elements must balance each other out in charges for cations and anions must equal for each the charges and balance molecules equally on both sides.
Solubility Guidelines: Determining whether a substance is aqueas or not.
Reactivity Series: Metals going down are less reactive and metals higher up are more reactive. This is what helped since copper is a metal higher up than iron it managed to do double replacement reaction.
My Chemistry Art Piece:
I chose to design the piece of metal with chemistry and and a vial over chemistry dripping a substance into another vial and the i in chemistry is some of the liquid pouring which the two make a double replacement reaction resulting in a bubbling solution and I got this from a lab we have previously done that I’ve mentioned had a bubbling solution and the equation for this was 2KIO3+SrCl2 —> Sr(IO3)2+2KCl and strontium has a similar color to the color in which the iron changed to in the single replacement reaction. My design for it came out neatly and it took a while and I did the words Chemistry in cursive.
Chemical Reaction: Process in which 1 or more substances turn/ change into 1 or more new different substances; each substance has own unique chemical/ physical properties.
Types of Chemical Reactions examples
- Synthesis: A+B —> AB
- Decomposition: AB —> A+B
- Single Replacement: AB+C —> AC+B
*Reaction will happen if elements more reactive than element solution*
- Double Replacement: AB+CD —> AD+CB
- Combustion: hydrocarbon+O2(g) —> CO2(g)+H2O(g)
Balancing Formulas: Balancing the amount of molecules for each substance/ element equaling on both sides of an arrow representing a reaction and the elements must balance each other out in charges for cations and anions must equal for each the charges and balance molecules equally on both sides.
Solubility Guidelines: Determining whether a substance is aqueas or not.
Reactivity Series: Metals going down are less reactive and metals higher up are more reactive. This is what helped since copper is a metal higher up than iron it managed to do double replacement reaction.
My Chemistry Art Piece:
I chose to design the piece of metal with chemistry and and a vial over chemistry dripping a substance into another vial and the i in chemistry is some of the liquid pouring which the two make a double replacement reaction resulting in a bubbling solution and I got this from a lab we have previously done that I’ve mentioned had a bubbling solution and the equation for this was 2KIO3+SrCl2 —> Sr(IO3)2+2KCl and strontium has a similar color to the color in which the iron changed to in the single replacement reaction. My design for it came out neatly and it took a while and I did the words Chemistry in cursive.
Reflection
2 things I did well is that I managed to make a meaningful art piece and I managed to take a bit of initiative just a bit when I needed to and I did rather well on the place card. A thing I can improve on is not being afraid to mess up because everyone makes mistakes and if I do I would need to own up to it. Another thing I can improve on is speaking up a bit more.
2 things I did well is that I managed to make a meaningful art piece and I managed to take a bit of initiative just a bit when I needed to and I did rather well on the place card. A thing I can improve on is not being afraid to mess up because everyone makes mistakes and if I do I would need to own up to it. Another thing I can improve on is speaking up a bit more.