You'll mix food coloring with water at two different temperatures. Measure and pour ½ cup of hot water from the faucet into a glass. Then measure and pour ½ cup of cold water from the faucet into the other glass. Hold the dropper of food coloring just above the surface of the water, and carefully add one drop in the center of each glass. Wait a few minutes and then look at the glasses from the side. Place the white piece of paper behind the glasses to make it easier to see. What do you observe? Is there a difference in how it mixes?

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Sophia Estes

Chemistry

24 June, 04:20

You'll mix food coloring with water at two different temperatures. Measure and pour ½ cup of hot water from the faucet into a glass. Then measure and pour ½ cup of cold water from the faucet into the other glass. Hold the dropper of food coloring just above the surface of the water, and carefully add one drop in the center of each glass. Wait a few minutes and then look at the glasses from the side. Place the white piece of paper behind the glasses to make it easier to see. What do you observe? Is there a difference in how it mixes?

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Larry Frank · Answer 1

Looks like you're learning about diffusion.

Diffusion is the net movement of molecules down their concentration gradient (high to low concentration).

The dye inside the dye bottle contains 100% concentration of dye.

If you put the dye in hot water, the dye would spread, or diffuse, pretty fast throughout the water, from its high concentration to low concentration. This is because hot water increases the energy of the molecules, causing them to move fast in random directions. The hot water would make both the dye molecules and water molecules move fast so the dye can diffuse in the water until it reaches equilibrium faster. You would see that all of the water is colored faster than the dye in cooler water.

Normal cool water would make the solution reach equilibrium slower than the hot water.