This hot ice experiment may look cool, but it’s hot to the touch! Learn all about the science behind hot ice below.
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What you need:
4 cups of vinegar
4 TBSP baking soda
Medium pot
Liquid measuring cup
Plate
How to make hot ice:
Pour 4 cups of vinegar into a medium pot and slowly add 4 tablespoons of baking soda to create a sodium acetate solution.
When the solution starts to fizz, keep stirring until it stops producing bubbles and all of the baking soda has dissolved.
Boil the solution over medium-low heat until you can see crystals on the side of the pot. Then, pour the concentrated solution into a liquid measuring cup and let it sit in the fridge to cool.
Scrape some of the solid sodium acetate off the bottom of the pot and put it on a plate.
Slowly pour the solution on top of the solid, and watch crystals form!
What’s going on?
When you create, boil down, and cool the solution, you’ve dissolved ...