Now that you have posted your 6 Consumer Products of the Week, read your fellow classmate’s Consumer Products of the Week. “Reply” to the Consumer Products of the Week (not your own) that you find most interesting. In your Reply, post the following:
- your name and lab section,
- one sentence on why you found this Consumer Product of the Week interesting.
Due Saturday, 4/22/23, noon.
Blog 2: By the end of this week (Week of 4/10/23), we have covered the Chem 1B Course Objectives 1-11 and you have recorded 11 Consumer Products of the Week (1 Consumer Product for each Course Objective).
Post the following information on the Chem 1B Blog:
- Your name and lab section.
- List the name of Six (6) Consumer Products of the Week that are related to Objectives 6-11. Give the Brand Name and Name of the Product. Do NOT give something that is NOT packaged and sold in a store.
- For One (1) Consumer Product, describe how the product is related to a specific CHM 1B Course Objective.
Due Saturday, 4/15/23 at noon.
Reply: Now that you have posted your 5 Consumer Products of the Week, read your fellow classmate’s Consumer Products of the Week on the Chem 1B Blog. “Reply” to the Consumer Products of the Week (not your own) that you find most interesting. In your Reply, post the following:
- your name and lab section,
- one sentence on why you found this Consumer Product of the Week interesting.
Due Saturday, 3/4/23, noon.
Blog 1: By the end of this week (Week of 2/20/23), we have covered the first 5 Chem 1B Course Objectives and you have recorded 5 Consumer Products of the Week (1 Consumer Product for each Course Objective).
Post the following information on the Chem 1B Blog:
- Your name and lab section.
- List the name of your Five (5) Consumer Products of the Week. Give the Brand Name and Name of the Product. Do NOT give something that is NOT packaged and sold in a store.
- For One (1) Consumer Product, describe how the product is related to a specific CHM 1B Course Objective.
Due Saturday, 2/25/23, noon.
Maria Taveras.
Lab Section: T/Th 11-2 lab (1163).
Lawrence Yee.
Four Consumer Products of the Week:
1. Non-Acetone Nail Polish Remover (containing Ethyl Acetate).
2. Listerine Cool Mint (containing Methyl Salicylate).
3. Vanilla Bean Extract (containing Vanillin).
4. Vaseline (Petroleum Jelly).
Listerine Cool Mint is an antiseptic mouthwash that contains the ester Methyl Salicylate (C8H8O3). In Listerine Cool Mint, Methyl Salicylate is used as an antiseptic and as a flavoring agent to ensure fresh breath. In Objective 2: “Organic Chemistry-Understand organic hydrogenation reactions, oxidation-reduction reactions, and reactions that produce esters and amides,” we learned that esters can be formed by esterifying an acid with an alcohol. Also, we learned how to associate each type of odor to its corresponding ester. The ester Methyl Salicylate is formed when esterifying Salicylic Acid (C7H6O3) with Methanol (CH3OH). Methyl Salicylate produces a minty smell and taste, which explains why Listerine Cool Mint smells and tastes very similar to mint. This ester can be found in wintergreens, which is a group of aromatic plants. Wintergreen plants are a big source of Methyl Salicylate, which is why these plants tend to have the minty smell and taste that this ester produces. Because of this, the odor of Methyl Salicylate is recognized as a wintergreen smell. Also, when we were covering Objective 2, we did the reaction between Salicylic Acid and Methanol in lecture, and we were able to predict that the ester that was going to be produced in this reaction was Methyl Salicylate. Then, in Lab 1, we did the reaction between this acid and alcohol, and we were able to determine and prove that Methyl Salicylate is in fact the ester that produces the particular wintergreen smell.
Fatima Gama
Lab Section 2-5 T-TH
Consumer Products
1. Nivea Body Lotion (Kojic Acid Ester)
2. La Colombe Corsica Coffee (Caffeine)
3. Ecotrin (Aspirin; Salicylic acid)
4. GHD Platinum Hair Straighter (Keratin: Disulfide & Hydrogen Bonds)
GHD Platinum Hair Straighter advertises predictive technology, monitoring heat 250 times per second across the plates, and recognizes the thickness of your hair and speed at which you are styling and adjusts the power accordingly, giving you ultimate results (70% stronger hair). Hair is composed of keratin, a strong fibrous protein. Two main bonds found in keratin are, disulfide and hydrogen bonds, which are responsible for hair structure. Disulfide is the strongest bond and hydrogen is the weakest. While hair, curly or straight, is dependent of the shape of the follicle, disulfide bonds are responsible for keeping the structure that was attained using heat of a straighter or curler. Hydrogen bonds can easily be broken by applying water and are responsible for reversing hair to its natural structure.
Week 1
Chemist Goggles.
I bought some chemist goggles from Amazon last semester for use in Chem 1A’s lab. These goggles are related to our first objective, that of Chem 1a review, because they represent one of the most cardinal principles taught to chemistry students: Safety.
Week 2
Revel Stoke brand pineapple flavored whisky (yes, it’s spelled that way in Canada). This whisky (or whiskey) is directly related to Objective 2, Organic Reactions. We learned in objective two how many flavors and smells are made by esters. This pineapple flavored whiskey probably has some ethyl butanoate in it. Ethyl Butanoate is itself an ester formed by the combination of an acid and an alcohol.
Week 3
Folgers brand medium blend coffee.
This is the coffe brand my parents prefer. I don’t drink it myself, but make it for them occasionally. This relates to objective 3 because it is the solute meant to be combined with the solvent, water, to make the solution coffee.
Week 4
Penzoil 5W-30
This is the oil my car takes. I chose it for this week’s product because I learned something interesting about it. It is nonpolar and therefore not soluble in water, however, that was not the neat part. The interesting thing is that it is soluble in gasoline because it too is nonpolar. I suppose like dissolves like right?
Maria Taveras
Lawrence Yee
Lab: T/TH 11-2 p.m.
Six Consumer Products of the Week:
1. Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner.
2. Milk.
3. Scrubbing Bubbles Mega Shower Foamer Bathroom Cleaner.
4. Coca-Cola.
5. Colgate Advanced Whitening.
6. Apple Cider Vinegar.
Objective 9: Apply Equilibrium Principles To Acids And Bases.
The Consumer Product of the Week that I decided to use was milk. Milk is known for being rich in nutrients. One of the many nutrients we can find in milk is protein. Casein is the main protein found in milk. Since proteins are chains of amino acids, the Casein protein causes the milk to be acidic (pH between 6.5 and 6.7). But, even though milk is acidic, it is considered a weak acid. Knowing that milk is a weak acid, we can conclude that it is a buffer solution. Since milk is a buffer solution, it plays an important role in maintaining specific pH values to optimize the activity of its enzymes, the solubility of its protein, and its functionality. These pH values are very important because with them, the color, consistency, and flavor of foods can be modified. For example, many different types of cheeses can be made out of milk, like Cream Cheese (pH between 4.6-4.9), Mozzarella Cheese (pH between 5.1-5.4), and Swiss Cheese (pH between 5.5-5.7). All of these cheeses are made thanks to one of the most important buffer components of milk, the Casein protein. It all starts by the coagulation and precipitation of the Casein. The pH of milk needs to be lowered from 6.6 to 4.7, which will denature and precipitate the Casein protein to form the curd. Then, when the cheese is being made and ripened, the pH can change until the desired flavor, body, and texture is achieved. Milk is related to Objective 9 because this objective talks about how buffers solutions work and how buffers solutions are used in our daily lives (like to preserve food and regulate the pH of our bodies). Also, Objective 9 talks about how we can use a titration curve to understand buffers. During lab 6, we made cheese by following the process I described previously, and we used a titration curve to figure out at what pH we needed to lower the milk to be able to make cheese.
I found this product interesting because I’ve never thought about how much chemistry is involved in making wine, until now. It’s fascinating to connect the material we learn in chemistry to products we use on a daily basis and understand more than just the product and it’s use itself. Also, the making of wine makes sense now and as to why it’s made a certain way.
1. Brand: Philosophy, Product: Purity Cleanser
2. Brand: Crest, Product: Crest 3D Whitestrips Professional White with Light Kit
3. Brand: Bio-Oil, Product: Skincare Oil
4. Brand: Blistex, Product: Chapstick
5. Brand: Clorox, Product: Disinfecting Wipes
The item that I will be focusing on is the Clorox Disinfecting wipes and I’ll be relating it to objective 3. One of the main ingredients in the Clorox disinfecting wipes is isopropyl alcohol which is a molecular compound. Isopropyl alcohol is the solute and water is the solvent. Isopropyl is soluble in water due to their similar intermolecular forces which are the hydrogen bonds. Water is used to dilute isopropyl alcohol because it is more effective than 99% isopropyl alcohol.
1. Buffer: Baking soda
2. Insoluble solid equilibrium: Tums
3. Thermodynamics: Refrigerator
4. Oxidation Reduction: Clorox bleach
Bleach is an oxidizing agent and once the chlorine reacts with water it produces hydrochloride acid. The atomic oxygen reacts with chromophores to remove electrons from the molecule, which changes the structure and physical properties causing a change in color.
Oxidation Reduction-Product: AA Batteries ,Brand: Energizer
Buffers-Product: Pure Baking Soda, Brand: Arm & Hammer
Insoluble Solid Equilibria- Product: Salt, Brand: Morton Salt
Thermodynamics- Product: Matches, Brand: Diamond
Baking soda relates to objective 8. Sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO3, is used as a buffer. Sodium bicarbonate dissociates into sodium and bicarbonate ions. The bicarbonate is regulated in the blood by sodium, as are the phosphate ions. When sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3), comes into contact with a strong acid, such as HCl, carbonic acid (H2CO3), which is a weak acid, and NaCl are formed.
Karina Hernandez
Section: Tuesday/Thursday 2-5
1.) Arm & Hammer, baking soda (buffers)
2.) Clorox, bleach (oxidation-reduction rxn)
3.) Matches (Thermodynamics)
4.) Tums, antacid (insoluble solid equilibrium)
Matches relate to thermodynamics. The law of conservation of energy states that the total energy of an isolated system is constant; energy can be transformed from one form to another, but can be neither created nor destroyed. Enthalpy and entropy are the main focus of the objectives and when matches spark a fire, the hydrogen bonds break and form a new bond with different hydrogen bonds.
Buffer:baking soda
Insoluble solid equilibrium: Turns
Oxidation Reduction
Brand: Panasonic
Product : Carbon Zinc 9V Battery
Bleach is an oxidizing agent and once the chlorine reacts with water it produces hydrochloric acid: The atomic oxygen reacts with chromophores to remove electrons from the molecule, which changes the structure and physical properties causing a change in color.
The most interesting and my favorite consumer product is Don Julio 1942 Anejo Tequila. I found this interesting because my family in Mexico has showed me directly how they make mezcal which is an agave based liquor, which includes tequila. I thought it was very interesting to learn about the distillation process of the fermented agave juices with the actual chemistry background after seeing the process in real life.
Consumer products work great due to science because tequila has a chemical composition of ethanol and water which when consumer cause intoxicating effects that help people have a good time.
The consumer product that I found most interesting was ice cream due to the colligative properties it involves. It is one of the things I remember the best because we actually made ice cream in lab and learned how the freezing point affects it. Many of use enjoy this treat but don’t think about how it’s actually made. In lab we experimented the colligative property of freezing point depression on the amount of solute (salt) used.
Consumer products work accurately due to the science they entail because people have studied them so we are able to use and consume them without a problem.
viana medina
11-2
the consumer product I found most interesting was the calcium carbonate. it’s an over the counter prescription that can be used to relieve symptoms of stomach upset due to acid reflux. it is easy to access and can help with minor stomach issues. Consumer products work effectively due to science because scientists found that the main ingredient in tums, calcium carbonate is basic and when exposed to the hydrochloric acid in your stomach, the carbonate group binds to the hydrogen. This gets rid of the free floating acid.
James Yhip, Section 1107
Up & Up Isopropyl Alcohol
S. Pelligrino Sparkling Water
Kirkland 2% Fat Milk
Up & Up IcyHot
Motts Applesauce
The consumer product that relates to chemistry is sparkling water. We learned about how pressure and temperature affect things being soluble or not. An example was given with soda and carbonation, but it will still apply here as H2O is the main solvent. With a lower temp., the CO2 will have a hard time escape the solution, so it would stay carbonated longer.
1. Up & Up nail polish remover
2. Lysol all purpose cleaner
3. Up & Up disinfecting wipes
4. Sunnyside farms 2% reduced fat
5. Welch’s Concord Grape juice
Two percent reduced fat milk can be found at a local grocery store and this can relate to objective four. Milk is a mixture that contains water and solids therefore will have a freezing point that is close to zero celsius compared to water itself where it is at zero celsius . The same goes for the boiling point of milk, because it is a mixture it will have a slighter higher boiling point than water.
1. Beauty 360 Nail Polish Remover “Acetone”
2. Blue Rhino Propane “Propane… duh”
3. Blue Moon Beers “Alcohol”
4. Ace Hardware Universal Chain and Bar Motor Oil “Hydrocarbons”
5. Gatorade Lime “Electrolytes”
1. My choice is the Blue Moon beer. Very clearly it made its debut on the stage when the teacher started introducing us to the groups and finally to the one and only, alcohol group. This group was a time of many transfers of -OH and more. And what way to show its relevance then to its most useful application, human fun time. My reason for doing so is for its importance to the functional groups the first portion of the class had. The fact that specific organizations of structures are so common and hold such specific properties is amazing since the universe as a whole is so chaotic, yet organized enough for us to record structure and behavior. Not only that but to have my questions about where hangovers come from, one since teenhood, to be concisely answered was a moment of realization that everything goes back to the couple atoms on a table.
James Yhip, Section 1107
Hey there Adam,
I really like that you researched the science of a hangover. When I learned how the body processes alcohol and breaks it down I thought it was very interesting. Good job.
Hi Chanelle !
First I want to say that I love how in depth you go about the product you chose, Isopropyl alcohol. Something I found interesting about this is that it contains more water which helps it to break down and kill bacteria faster. I also thought that it having a disinfecting power at a rate higher than 80-85% was pretty cool as well.
Hi Zach!
I really liked that you used antifreeze as an example for a colligative property because I remember being confused by it as a kid. Now that you have directly related it to colligative properties with freezing point depression, it makes sense! Do you happen to know the chemical compound for antifreeze? It would be cool to try to work out the equation for the value of the freezing point depression.
1) Lysol Disinfectant Spray
2) Rite Aid Hydrogen Peroxide 3%
3) Grey Goose Vodka 750ml
4) Morton Iodized Table Salt
5)Clorox bleach
Most of my products relate to the course objectives. For example, in the first weeks objectives we learned that sugar is turned in to ethanol which then we drink as an adult beverage. We also learned about the alcohol metabolism which was pretty interesting because I did not know that that acetaldehyde is toxic to our body.
Chanelle Argueta, Lab Section 1107
1. Hydrogen Peroxide, H2O2 – Brand Up & Up 3%
2. Baking Soda, Arm & Hammer Brand, 454 g box.
3. Salt, Morton Salt
4. Fertilizer, Miracle-Gro Water Soluble Plant Food Vegetables and Herbs
5. Acetic Acid, vinegar, Heinz.
6. Mozzarella Cheese, Kraft
Hydrogen Peroxide is a product used as a disinfectant. A catalyst increases the decomposition reaction of hydrogen peroxide, and it is part of Objective 6. A catalyst increases the reaction rate. Systems at equilibrium Nitrogen fertilizer is also an example of Objective 6. The usage of high pressure on the system shifts equilibrium and increases the yield of ammonia; on the other hand, at low temperatures, the rate of formation of ammonia is slow. An example of Objective 8 is Acetic Acid, vinegar. The pH of a weak acid can be obtained by determined the amounts of reactants and products at equilibrium using Ka. Also, weak acids are part of Objective 9, where buffers are formed by weak acid and its conjugate base.
James Yhip, Section 1107
1. Nasal Rub, Vicks VapoRub
2. Calamine Lotion, CVS
3. Hydrogen Peroxide, Up & Up
4. Sunblock, Banana Boat
5. Listerine mouthwash, Johnson & Johnson
6. Aloe Vera Gel, Aloderma
Mouthwash relates to chemistry objective 1, organic structures. This is because most mouthwashes burn when you use them. This burning sensation comes from the alcohol in the mouthwash disinfecting all the bacteria in your mouth. Alcohol is an organic group that we learned about and is present in mouthwash.
Hello James, interesting choice for your consumer product of the week. I always dread using mouthwash for too long because of the burning sensation that occurs in the mouth. Good explanation as to why this burning sensation actually occurs, I will now keep in mind when using mouthwash all the bacteria is being disinfected due to the alcohol present.
Hi Lucio,
I didn’t know that Pepsi had a buffer in it’s ingredients. Its interesting how common foods and drinks have so many components that involve chemistry. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Learned something new!
Vinegar
Lemon
Hand Sanitizer
Hydrogen Peroxide
Ph Leveler
Clorox bleach
A consumer product i found interesting was the PH Leveler, just because in my past i use to work for an aquatics center and often smelled the aroma coming from the pool. Understanding that the aroma i often smelled was the clorox doing its job desinfecting all the bacteria in the pool therefor meaning the pool was often dirty although appearance and the smell of clorox made it seem clean.
Chanelle Argueta, Lab Section 1107
Hi Daniel,
I agree with you. Your post was interesting since I was not aware that the best way to remove hard water stains is to use an acid since the stain was formed by the insoluble calcium carbonate, a basic compound. As you stated, the equilibrium shift is affected when a strong base, calcium carbonate, and a weak base, vinegar, are mixed. Great post!
1. Dawn Dishwashing Liquid Dish Soap
2. Lysol DIsinfecting Wipes
3. Listerine Antiseptic Mouthwash
4. IcyHot Pain Relief Cream
5. OxiClean
Hello everyone, the consumer product I found most interesting was OxiClean as it is a very versatile product known for removing stains and odors. OxiClean appears as a white powdery substance with a blue crystal, which relates to the first course objective discussing compounds, different substances, polarity, solubility, as well as functional groups; chemicals in this product work together to break down stains, making them more soluble in water, and making it easier to remove and wash away stains. This product is a strong oxidizing substance and is known to “bleach away” tough stains, active ingredients consist of sodium percarbonate (C2H6Na4O12), as well as hydrogen peroxide bound with sodium carbonate molecules. Sodium carbonate in the OxiClean breaks up the magnetic attraction by raising the pH in the cleaning water which causes the chemical reaction to turn the positively charged stains negative; once negatively charged dirt flies off the fabric! Sodium percarbonate also boosts the water’s pH, which makes it more alkaline and neutralizes acids that can be produced during the cleaning process so stain molecules can be rinsed away easily.
Five consumer products I chose were soap, toothpaste, a stainless steel refrigerator, zinc bolts, and paint.
The stainless steel refrigerator resists oxidation reactions by having a steel alloy with more austenitic and ferritic than metals such as iron and steel that rust easier. Having these stainless steels allow the refrigerator to not rust.
I forgot to add the brand names. Dove soap, Crest toothpaste, Samsung stainless steel refrigerator, everbilt zinc bolts, BEHR paint.
Josh Riley, Section 1107
Hello Gabriel Coria, I found it interesting how you put the stainless steel refrigerator, I didn’t think to put it as a consumer product for this CHM-1B blog on how it has a steel alloy that enables it to resist oxidation reactions, so good choice on your consumer product. Fascinating how certain metals can be constructed and fabricated to suit our needs, like refrigerators being able to resist oxidation, all thanks to a little chemistry.
1) Joshua Riley, lab Section 1107
2) The five consumer products: Bud light beer, Nail Polish Remover (I believe the brand was ella mila), Morton Salt, Haggan-daz Cookies and Cream Ice Cream, and matches (Diamond brand)
3) how one of them relates to an objective: Matches relate to objective five because fire is a type of reaction. In objective 5 we cover how to analyze reaction rates as well as the chemistry behind them. Matches can start fires, therefore they can cause the reaction, thus that consumer product relates to that specific objective.
Hey Joshua,
I read your consumer product description and actually thought how interesting it was because we never realized how important was oxygen(O2) played a part in the process. Without oxygen, the match would not simply lit up and if we tried to just use carbon dioxide, it wouldn’t simply start.
Hi Joshua,
I like how you chose products that can all be found in one’s home and you gave good details in explaining how it related to our class.
Hello Joshua, I found the matches consumer product interesting. I didn’t consider how matches would fit an objective but your explanation fit perfectly, a great example on how fire is a chemical reaction and can be used to start other processes.
Lab Section 1107
2- Five consumer products: Arm and Hammer Baking Soda, Fabuloso, Morton Salt, Nail polish Remover with acetone, and Bleach.
3- The nail polish remover, removes most nail polish that include polymers which are attracted to the acetone molecules. Hinting why nail polish dissolves with the acentone. Since it follows rule of “like attracts like”.
Alexandria Soto, Section 1108
Hello Javier, I really liked how you mentioned nail polish remover because I use it often and never really found it interesting until now. I liked how you included why and how nail polish dissolves with acetone and which molecules are responsible for this reaction.
Nice job referencing the “like dissolves like”. From that we can conclude that nail polish is polar since it doesn’t dissolve with water. I did look up acetone and apparently it can be both polar and nonpolar.
Lab Section 1108
2.) Five Consumer Products are:
– Salt: Morton Salt
-Sugar: Zulka
– Toothpaste: Sensodyne
– Bleach: Clorox
– Face Wash: La Roche-Posey
3.) The product that is related to a specific CHM 1B Course Objective would be salt. Salt can be used to speed up the process of making ice colder. As we tasted this in Lab 2: Sweet tooth we used salt in our ice bath to help create a colder environment for the ice cream mixture to freeze.
Angel Brito-Pizano, Section 1108
Hello Jasmine, I liked how you mention salt as one of your consumer products list. Many foods have salt added to them, especially when conducting experiments for example, how you mentioned making ice cream in Lab 2, it wouldn’t help the ice cream mixture to freeze without salt mixed with ice.
1. Miguel Martinez (1108)
2. Arm & Hammer baking soda, Plugra butter, Crisco all-vegetable shortening, King Arthur bread flour, & California Olive Ranch extra virgin olive oil.
3. Crisco shortening is related to understanding organic hydrogenation reactions (objective 2). Shortening is created through hydrogenation by adding hydrogen to vegetable oil.
Hello Miguel,
I found it very interesting how you mentioned there is hydrogen in Crisco all-vegetable shortening. This is cool to know that this Crisco shortening is a product that also covers our second objective in the course where hydrogenation reactions occur. Therefore, thank you for sharing this information because I definitely learned something new! I am now interested in seeing what all-vegetable shortenings are composed from.
1. Angelica Castellanos (1108)
2. Toothpaste (Colgate), Nail Polish remover (Zoya), Salt (Morton), Bleach (Clorox), Milk (Nestle)
3. I believe that the most important consumer of the week from all five, is NaCl (salt). We have worked with it ever since the semester began and we have learned how we can work with it to decrease the temperature of any liquid, overall, helping us manipulate the temperatures. We used it mainly for the making of Ice-cream, which helped increase the coolness of the ice (H2O) giving us a faster product which was the ice cream consistency.
Hey Angelica,
I find it interesting how salt can affect the solubility of salt in water. But also that this ionic compound can be used to manipulate temperature, concentration and even pressure. Just comes to show that salt has multiple purposes than just an ingredient to food.
Mai Lynn Hunt Lab Section 1107
Consumer Products:
1.) Dawn dish soap
2.) Clorox bleach
3.) Jolly Ranchers
4.) Sparkling Ice sparkling water
5.) Jinro strawberry flavored soju
Objective 2 and Lab 1: An acid and an alcohol react to form an ester and water in a double replacement reaction. Esters are often found in alcoholic beverages because they can be used to enhance flavors and aromas. Jinro strawberry flavored soju probably contains an ester that makes it smell fruity.
Hi Mai,
That is actually very interesting that they use double replacements to add flavor. I never thought chemistry would be used to make food and drinks taste and smell better.
Hey Mai,
This is interesting because I never knew that the flavor of any particular drink could be enhanced or changed. I always thought that flavor and smell was very limited to the stuff they were using.
Hello Mai, I thought the way you related the soju to objective two was interesting. I never thought about how drinks can use other chemicals to change the smell, I just thought it was a result from any ingredients used like strawberry.
-Angel Carrillo and lab section 1108
-The five Consumer Products of the Week: C&H Cane sugar, Aquafina water, Morton Iodized salt, Heinz Distilled Vinegar, and Arm & Hammer baking soda.
-The Consumer Product – C&H Cane sugar – is related to the first CHM 1B Course Objective (Identify organic functional groups, draw skeletal structures, and distinguish between the same compound, isomers, and resonance structures) because we can use the chemical structure to practice writing skeletal structures, and to point out its functional groups (to determine the properties of the compound).
1. Alexandria Soto (Section 1108)
2. Consumer Products: Beauty Secrets pure acetone, Morton Salt, Crest toothpaste, CH sugar, Arm and Hammer baking soda
3. Acetone would be related to objective 1. It is considered an organic compound and helps break down other chemicals. Acetone was used in my lab 1 to help clean one of the test tubes.
Consumer products: Advil, Clorox bleach, kroger hydrogen peroxide, Sal Bahia Salt, Perrier Mineral water
3) The salt is related to objective 3 as it is an ionic compound that is easily dissolved in water. You can relate it to objective 4 as well because we can analyze how different things factors can affect its solubility (concentration, temperature… etc)
1. Jonathan Morales, Lab Section 1108
2. Five Consumer Products are: Tylenol Extra Strength Caplet, ReaLime 100% Lime Juice Bottle, Signature SELECT Lemonade Frozen Concentrate, Ben & Jerrys Ice Cream Chunky Monkey, Kingsford Original Charcoal Briquet
3. Tylenol (acetaminophen) is related to objective one–identifying organic Structures–because if we analyze its chemical formula, we realize it contains a hydroxyl (OH), aromatic ring, and amide (HN-CO-R) functional groups. Based on that information, we know it’s slightly soluble in water because it has hydrophilic groups (OH and amide) which make it polarized, but it also has hydrophobic areas (aromatic ring) which repels dissolution in water.
Hi Jonathan,
I find it interesting that we can predict the solubility of a substance, like Tylenol, based on its chemical structure. Chemical structures can be helpful for understanding a substances properties, like how soluble it is, how polar or nonpolar it is, or even how it smells.
Hey Jonathan,
I did not know that Tylenol had all those functional groups that we have studied before hand. I also did not know that Tylenol had both hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties
1. Cesar Amador
2. 5 consume products I choose were:
1)Strengthening nail polish remover,
2) Clorox bleach
3)Febreze oder
4)gas stove by GE
5)hand sanitizer by safe warrior
– Bleach is related to what we are learning because bleach can either speed up or decrease the color change of a reaction. We learned that if we add way more bleach than the concentration of the certain chemical, the color change will be immediate, but if it’s more concentration of the chemical than bleach, the reaction could be really slow, or sometimes it won’t even change color. To some extent, bleach is the catalyst for color change reaction.
-Angel Carrillo; lab section 1108
-Hello Cesar,
I like how you described bleach as a catalyst, in terms of color change. It brought a new perspective on bleach and the role it plays in these types of reactions.
Hi Cesar,
I really liked that experiment and found it interesting how the concentration of the bleach would make the reaction occur faster. Something interesting from that experiment was how if you leave the solution long enough, it will turn clear, of course depending on the concentration of the bleach.
1-Jorge Flores Lab Section 1108
2-
1. Dawn Dish soap
2. Clorox bleach
3. Morton Salt
4. Arm and Hammer Baking Soda
5. Colgate Toothpaste
3-Salt can relate to the CHEM-1B course in the way that it can cover both objective 3 and objective 4. When learning about solubility and course material from CHEM-1A, we know it is an ionic compound that is soluble in water. Here, we can also look deeper into this ionic compound and analyze how different factors like changing temperature, concentration, or even pressure can affect the solubility of salt in water.
Daniel Contreras, Lab Section 1108
Corona Extra Beer, Clorox Bleach, extra Virgin Olive Oil, Strawberry Whey Protein Powder, Kirkland Egg Whites
Corona Extra Beer is related to the course Chem 1B in a way that we learn about the gases that are contained in a can of beer. We acknowledged that the can of beer contains way more carbon dioxide(CO2) in a can than what soda carries inside of them. But when the bottle cap is released, we know that the gas escapes the bottle thus the reason why we hear a small pop when we open up a bottle. This product is related to Objective 3 in a sense that the CO2 and s what makes the beer bubbly when u pour it up in a cup which makes it foam a lot if not poured correctly.
Joseph Tinney, Section 1108
Hey Daniel,
Your product is interesting to me because I had never really thought about beer being carbonated in the same way that soda is. I wonder how the results from the soda lab would change if we used cans of beer instead.
Jose Emilio Lomeli-Vega and CHM-1B 1108
1. Ice Cream- Dreyer’s Cookies Dough
2. Shampoo- Head and Shoulders
3. Powder Cleanser- Ajax
4. Toothpaste- Colgate
5. Sugar- Crystal Sugar
Sugar (and water as a solvent) relates to the Colligative Properties of Solutions of CHM 1B because we used it properties in a sugar lab to analyze and to calculate its different properties to study motility and to get different solution with different percentages of sugar. We also analyzed its properties at different percentages.
1. Miguel Martinez (1108)
2. I thought it was quite interesting how at different temperatures and concentrations the sugar solution had different appearances and textures.
Angel Brito-Pizano, Lab Section 1108
1. Great Value Bleach,
2. Head & Shoulders Classic Clean Shampoo
3. Kroger Distilled White Vinegar
4. Palmolive Antibacterial Dish Soap
5. Kroger Iodized Salt
Salt is used everywhere including in foods and in experiments. When mixing salt with water or another type of liquid, the salt will dissolve over time depending on the type of liquid you are using.
Angelica Castellanos,
Lab Section 1108
Hello Angel, I totally agree with you about Salt and its impact on different kinds of liquids. I think that the one experiment that proved it to be true is when we made the ice-cream. We poured salt into the ice which was going to make the milk turn into ice cream faster but what also happened was that the ice melt instantly. I believe that we all found amazing how it caused a reaction on the milk and the ice at the same time. So, yes i do agree that Salt can have reactions on different types of liquids and at different temperatures.
1. Jose Zarazua Lab Section 1108
2. 5 Consumer Products
1)Modelo Especial, 2)Kirkland organic cane sugar, 3)Sensodyne Toothpaste, 4)Morton Salt ,5)Arm and Hammer baking soda
3. Morton Salt is related to CHM-1B objective 4 (Lab 2) that we covered. Where salt plays and important part in colligative properties since it depends on the the amount of solute present in solvent. Such as what we did in Lab 2 in the process of making ice cream. Adding salt to ice to reach cooler temperatures (freezing point) for the ice cream ingredients to become the consistency of ice cream.
Karina Marquez, 1108
Hi Jose, I liked the lab 2 that we did because I find it interesting how adding salt to ice can make the ice really cold, and I believe it made it melt the ice faster too.
1. CLOROX Bleach
2. CREST Toothpaste
3. DAWN Dish Soap
4. ADVIL
5. ARM & HAMMER Baking Soda – Baking soda is related to Chem 1B because it is a source of carbon dioxide and baking soda is used in reactions. It is also a pure substance.
Joseph Tinney CHM-1B 1108
1. Kirkland Signature Ultra Clean Laundry Detergent
2. Cascade Advanced Power Dishwasher Detergent
3. Up and Up Streak-Free Glass Cleaner
4. Raley’s Salt
5. Optimum Nutrition Protein Powder
Laundry detergent is related to the first Lab when we went over organic functional groups. This laundry detergent contains ethanol, which is an organic chemical compound used, in this case, to control viscosity.
Hi Joseph,
I found it interesting that ethanal controls the viscosity of the laundry detergent. I knew that ethanol was used to dissolve/break up the dirt but not control the viscosity.
Ivan Agudelo – 1108
1) Tequila Corralejo (alcohol)
2) Creed Aventus (ester)
3) Apples (fructose)
4) Baskin Robins Ice cream (Freezing point)
5) Monster Energy Drink (catalyst for humans)
6) Hydrogen Peroxide (catalyst)
I choose the Creed Aventus for my selected product. It’s related because the process of making perfume is what we did in lab. Creed Aventus is about $300 – $400 per bottle. Just have to find the fragrance that makes people want to pay that much.
1. Ben & Jerry’s non-dairy ice cream
2. CeraVe Face-Wash
3. Downy Fabric Softener
4. Kirkland black coffee
5. Jarritos Lime Soda
The lime soda relates to objective 2. We identified the compounds inside the soda (like CO2) and found out ways to separate it, such as heating it.
1.Karina Marquez, 1108
2. 5 consumer products: Ace- acetone, wholesome sugar, Morton salt, milk duds, Clorox bleach.
3. The milk duds is related to one of the objectives in the chem 1B course because in the lab we heated sugar with water to make caramel and checking the progress of the sugar at certain temperatures.
1)- Good and Gather distilled water, La Croix sparkling water, Sensodyne proNamel toothpaste, Softsoap antibacterial, Clorox disinfectant wipes, and Crest Glamorous white mouthwash.
2)- I chose good and gather distilled water because it relates back to lab 2 and what we did. In this lab we took sugar water and wanted to make it into sugar glass. This required us to evaporate all the water out of the sugar water leaving us with a high concentration of sugar. The same could be said for distilled water, processing plants take water, evaporate it leaving a high concentration of minerals and other stuff that is found in water behind since the minerals are heavier than water molecules in the gas stage, then go on to collect the evaporated water on the other end which turns out to be pure water aka distilled water.
Hi Javier,
I found you consumer product interesting in the way that distilled water if evaporated, it just leaves it with a high concentration of minerals. I didn’t know that this could happen, I though that the minerals were just going to evaporate with the water since it seems like it isn’t a heavy substance compared to water.
1)Daniel Contreras, Section 1108
2)Takis, Takis Blue Heat Chips
Chobani, Chobani Flip Yogurt
El Mexicano Casero, Crumbling Cheese
Hidden Valley, Original Ranch Dressing
Marinela Brand, Gansito Filled Snack Cake
Maruchan, Ramen Noodle Soup
3)Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing is related to chem 1B by relating to Objective 8, it explains how buffers are in food preservatives. In this particular food, the acid that can be found in this dressing is phosphoric acid, which makes it come out to have a pH of 4.5. This means that this high is a conjugate acid of phosphoric mixed in with a weak base.
Hey Daniel I did not know ranch is a phosphoric acid let alone that it has a pH of 4.5.
Hi, Daniel
I found you consumer product interesting because I wasn’t aware that one of my favorite dressing had phosphoric acid which has a similar ph level of acid rain.
1) Miguel Martinez (1108)
2) CVS Health hydrogen peroxide, Heinz distilled vinegar, Drano drain cleaner, Tums antacid, CVS Health isopropyl alcohol, and Crystal buttermilk.
3) Tums antacid relates to applying equilibrium principles to insoluble solids (objective 10). Antacid is a solid carbonate salt that is insoluble in water. However, calcium carbonate does dissolve in acid. Calcium carbonate reacts with hydrochloric acid in the stomach and neutralizes the excess acid.
Jasmine Espinoza (1108)
-Suave Lotion
-Steel dish scrubber
-Bic Lighter
– Clorox Bleach
-Real Lemon Lemon concentrate
-Smart Water, water
The Clorox Bleach, lemon, and water are examples of different types of pH. All three of these have different pH and are on different parts of the pH scale. Lemon juice being more acidic at the bottom, water in the middle being neutral. and bleach being more basic.
This consumer product of the week I chose were hydrogen peroxide, Fruit Fresh, aspirin, Tums, Heinz vinegar, and Krafts cheese. The product I want to explain is the Fruit Fresh. Fruit Fresh slows down the enzyme that makes fruit turn brown from being produced and it keeps the fruit staying its original color.
1. CVS Hydrogen Peroxide
2. Drano Liquid Cleaner is an example of equilibrium reactions by creating a reversible reaction when applied
3. Bragg apple cider vinegar
4. Horizon milk
5. Unitedly’s caustic soda
6. Morton’s table salt
1) Joshua Riley, lab Section 1107
2) The five consumer products: Calcium Propionate (food preservative), tums, Carbonated Water(for a specific brand, Bubly), Magnesium supplements (nature made brand to be specific), Gasoline
3) How one of them relates to an objective: Magnesium Supplements relate to objective 10 because This product contains MGCO3, one the most soluble substances we talked about during this objective on applying equilibrium principles to insoluble substances
6 consumer products: Kroger Hydrogen peroxide, Morton’s Salt, Clorox bleach, Kroger Vinegar, Phillips Milk of magnesia, Wheat Thins Crackers
The Clorox bleach relates to objective 8 where we were looking at acids and bases, so in relation to the Clorox bleach, we would say that it is a base since its pH is 11-13. We can also determine which part of the bleach (NaClO) is the conjugate base, ClO-.
Hey Laura,
I came to find the product you chose interesting since Clorox bleach is well recognized for its great solution of removing stains do to it conjugate base as you mention sodium hypochlorite. But also come to find out sodium hypochlorite serve as disinfecting function as well.
1. Clorox Bleach
2. Arm & Hammer Baking Soda
3. Tums
4. Fruit Fresh
5. Draino Drain Cleaner
6. Arm & Hammer Whitening Tooth Paste
Draino Drain Cleaner is used to clean drains just by pouring it down the drain. It works by giving electrons to the materials clogging the drain in order to create a chemical reaction that heats up the material and makes it easier to dissolve.
1) Miguel Martinez (1108)
2) I found this consumer product interesting because I didn’t know drain cleaner produced heat. Therefore, it is an exothermic reaction.
Hey Noah,
I found your consumer product interesting based on the fact that I didn’t know that the way drain cleaners work is by dissolving what ever was clogged up. I thought it was pressure that made it unclog, now I know that it was chemical acids which helped it unclog.
-Angel Carrillo and lab section 1108
-The six Consumer Products of the Week: Fabuloso All-Purpose Cleaner – Lemon, Tide HE Liquid Detergent, Hershey’s Syrup Caramel, Equate Aspirin, TUMS Antacid Chewable Tablets, and Respiratory Steam Inhaler.
-The Respiratory Steam Inhaler is related to Objective 11 (Predict heat and work in physical and chemical reactions) because the machine heats up water to create steam (water vapor), and if we check the volume of the water and temperature of the water and the steam, we will be able to calculate the “q” (heat transfer) from the physical reaction.
It is cool to know that the way a respiratory steam inhaler works applies to our objective 11 in CHEM-1B. I remember as a kid I used one of these when wanting to help my cough. Therefore, I find it very cool due to now knowing how the product works looking through a scientific perspective and how we can calculate “q” being the heat transfer. Great response and products you chose to analyze!
Hi Angel,
I’m glad you chose to talk about a Respiratory Steam Inhaler because I remember my brother needing it to help treat his asthma. My question is to calculate heat transfer q, are you using the equation q = m*c*T where we replaced mass “m” with density*volume.
1) Jorge Flores, Section 1108
2) -Tums antacid -Clorox disinfectant wipes
-Sparkling water -Kroger hydrogen peroxide -Equate aspirin
3) The antacid by tums relates to our chemistry course objectives, specifically 10, as it applies to our equilibrium principles of insoluble solids. These tums tablets are insoluble in water as they contain carbonate salt in the state of a solid. The way that these tablets work is when reacting with the acid in the stomach as they neutralize it when too acidic. Calcium carbonate dissolves in acid, therefore it is effective and works.
Additional consumer product not listed: -Downy fabric softner.
Cesar Amador
6 consumer products include
vinegar
tums
fruit fresh
milk
Hydrogen peroxide
Caramel syrup
Vinegar can be related to objective 10. Vinegar is a greats example to use when talking about equilibrium equations. This is for the fact the vinegar can get rid of soap scums and red brown iron stains based of the topic of equilibrium.
Hi Cesar,
I found it interesting that vinegar can take away stains, and water spots, and brown iron rust and it helps clean a lot of stuff. I did not think that vinegar would be that useful.
Hi Cesar, I find vinegar very interesting and handy to use when it comes to removing tough stains on surfaces. My family and I use vinegar to clean bathrooms and flat surface stains.
1) Alexandria Soto, Section 1108
2) Kroger Vinegar, Swan Hydrogen peroxide, Morton Salt, Horizon Milk, Tums, and fruit fresh
3) Vinegar is acidic and due to equilibrium principles, when it is poured onto rusty stains or water stains it helps break it down and remove them. It can often be used to clean showers or other water stains. This can be seen in objective 10.
Hi Alexandria,
It’s interesting how vinegar can be used to clean and also be safely consumed. We use vinegar to clean all the time at my house.
Mai Lynn Hunt Lab Section 1107
1.) TUMS antacids
2.) CVS regular strength aspirin
3.) Arm and Hammer baking soda
4.) Babybel original semisoft cheese
5.) Yoplait Original strawberry yogurt
6.) CVS rubbing alcohol, 70% isopropyl
Objective 9 and Lab 6: Babybel original semisoft cheese is made by increasing the acidity of milk. We tried this process in lab 6. Lowering the pH of milk eventually results in the formation of cheese curds. This process can be graphed on a titration curve, where we can better see the charges and buffer zones of the milk/cheese at each pH. As the pH increases the charge decreases.
Joseph Tinney, Section 1108
I found this product interesting because I had never really thought about the real-world applications of some of the labs we do. It’s cool that products are created and sold all over the world that are created just by doing simple labs we do in Chemistry.
1. Angel Brito-Pizano, Section 1108
2. Kroger Hydrogen Peroxide, Kroger Aspirin, Tums, Kirkland Milk, Fruit Fresh Produce Protector, Smucker’s Caramel sundae syrup,
3. Fruit Fresh Produce Protector helps prevent fruits and vegetables from turning brown. Many fruits and vegetables turn brown over time or after a few minutes. For example, apples turn brown after a few minutes and take away the taste and flavor after browning
Angelica Castellanos, 1108
This consumer product is a product that called my attention since we started working on this for one of our labs because i never knew that there could be such product to prevent a fruit from turning brown. I thought that fruits turning brown was something that could not be prevented.
– Alexandria Soto, Section 1108
– Hello Angel, I found the consumer product Fruit Fresh Produce Protector to be by far the most intriguing product to learn about. I did not know Fruits surface can be protected in such a way. Learning more about the browning of fruit in our lab really helped my understanding of this product.
1) Jonathan Morales, Section 1108
2) Walgreens Hydrogen Peroxide 3%, Drano Drain Cleaner, Ball Fruit Fresh Produce Protector, Tylenol, Spring Valley Calcium Dietary Supplement, Frigidaire Top-Freezer Refrigerator
3) A refrigerator is related to Objective 11 (Predict Heat and Work in Physical and Chemical Reactions) because it acts as a heat engine running in reverse. This means work is supplied to remove heat from a cold reservoir. And some of the work is converted to heat which goes into the hot reservoir. If we look at the refrigerator cycle and see how air is cooled inside through the phase changes of air and liquid, we can predict the heat q (exothermic or endothermic) and work w ( 0) based on the pressures of the gas and liquid.
-Angel Carrillo, lab section 1108
-Hello Jonathan,
I found your response to this week’s consumer product to be very intriguing. I would have never perceived a refrigerator to be a heat engine in reverse. I was very fascinated by how you discussed how the condensation of water in the refrigeration cycle could be used to calculate “q”. Also, after some reflection, I released the consumer products we used for our explanations are complete opposites, in terms of the different states of matter. I used a respiratory steam inhaler’s process of water vaporization to be able to calculate “q”.
2) Tums chewable tablets, Clorox disinfectant wipes, Ball Fruit Fresh Produce Protector, Liquid-Plumr Clog Destroyer Gel, El Mexicano OAXACA (cheese), Cvs Health 91% Isopropyl Alcohol.
3.)The product that I am choosing is Ball Fruit Fresh Produce Protector. Which correlates to objective 8 and lab 5. Where this product having all natural antioxidants comes to slow down the browning by preventing the enzyme from working properly.
1) Angelica Castellanos, Section 1108
2) CVS health-Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2), Milk (C12H22O11), Morton Salt(NaCl), Vinegar(CH₃COOH), lays
chips (C3H5NO), water (H2O).
3) Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2), it is used for cleaning, disinfecting and stain removal. Hydrogen peroxide is an antiseptic liquid that in the past was typically used to treat cuts or other skin wounds, and kill germs. I chose hydrogen peroxide because when we were working on one of our labs for Chem 1B, and I poured some of the hydrogen peroxide on a finger cut I had and it was amazing how an instant reaction occurred.
Josh Riley, Section 1107
Hello Angelica Castellanos, I found it interesting how you choose lays chips as a consumer product for your blogpost. At first I was confused at how an everyday snack food counted for this particular assignment, but then upon further reflecting, I realized that like cheese, it takes a lot of reactions and chemistry knowledge to bring out the perfect flavor/texture, therefore it is totally logical for lays chips to be put as a consumer product for this chemistry blog.
Jasmine Espinoza (1108)
Suave: Body Lotion
Arm & Hammer: Baking Soda
CeraVe: Face Wash
Colgate: Toothpaste
VaporRub: Vapor Steam
One reason why I found my consumer product, VaporedRub Vapor Stream interesting was because it releases steam with the Vaporub liquid and opens up your sense of smell. The steam fills up the air and makes the room humid just by having it on for a couple of minutes.
Hey Jasmine,
I like that you chose this product because my mother used this alot on me when I was a kid. Something that you could of said is how this relates to the chem 1b. But What other chemical properties does vapor rub have?
This consumer product of the week I chose lithium batteries, zinc bolts, gold wires, copper wires, and aluminum sheets. Zinc bolts paired next to a metal with higher Ecell makes the zinc rust while the other metal stays the same.
David Mancera, Lab:1065
1. Dawn, Green Apple Scented Hand Soap
2. Old Spice, Timber Scented Body Wash
3. Jolly Rancher, Hard Candy
4. Tillamook, Mint Ice Cream
5.Kraft, Jell-O
For week one and two the green apple scented soap fits right to our objective because we were created esters with alcohol and acids and in our lab they created certain scents and with green apple scented soap there are esters in the soap that create the green apple scent.
Hello David,
The Dawn Apple Scented Hand/Dish Soap you’ve listed as one of the products is interesting to me because I searched it up and it apparently has 0.30% of chloroxylenol, which is a disinfectant.
1. Sugar
2. Milk duds
3. Ice Cream
4. Mint Rubbing Alcohol
5. Caramel
For the first week of the semester, we were working with esters and the smells they produced and one of the smells they produced was mint.
Lab 1065
Cadmium yellow paint
Gourmet lollipops
Borax™
Baking soda
Extra Wintergreen gum
The wintergreen gum can be a take back to esters with the wintergreen scent but I’d argue also for the sugar experiments due to ‘sugar alcohol’ which can include sugars like glucose but not sucrose or fructose and don’t operate like those sugars.
I found the mint rubbing alcohol interesting because they most likely use the mint ester unless its mint infused alcohol.
Adam Tarazon
Lab Section: 1065
I found this consumer product to be interesting because many companies use esters to artificially create smells for their desired products.
Ana V. Trujillo Anaya
Lab section: 1065
1. Dole, Banana
2. MK- perfume
3. Morton- Salt
4. Morton- ice cream salt
5. Dave’s Killer Bread- bread
Perfume is related to the second CHM 1B objective- Understand organic hydrogenation reactions, oxidation-reduction reactions, and reactions that produce esters and amides- because it’s made with alcohols, including benzyl alcohol. Alcohols can produce esters when they’re mixed with certain acids.
Hi Ana,
I found the perfume the most interesting because even though I have perfumes and I keep them on top of my drawer that I see everyday, I didn’t think of the reaction that produces the fragrance or, in this case, the ester.
–Andrea Martinez (Section 1065)
Adam Tarazon
Lab Section: 1065
1. NOW, wintergreen essential Oil
2. Dole, banana
3. Milk Duds, candy
4. Jolly Ranchers, candy
5. Breyers, vanilla ice cream
In one of the previous labs we created an ester that smelled like bananas, this relates to course objective #2 (understand organic hydrogenation reactions, oxidation reactions, and reactions that produce esters and amides.)
Adam Tarazon
Lab Section: 1065
1. NOW, wintergreen essential Oil
2. Werther’s Original, caramel hard candies
3. Coca Cola, soda
4. Captain Morgan, rum
5. Breyers, vanilla ice cream
In one of the previous labs we created an ester that smelled like wintergreen, this relates to course objective #2 (understand organic hydrogenation reactions, oxidation reactions, and reactions that produce esters and amides.)
The caramel hard candy is interesting to me because we’ve made caramel hard type candy in lab, we could also do this experiment at home and aim to get the right texture.
Jose Meza
Lab 1065
1. Extra, Green gum
2. Coca-cola, soda
3. Almond milk, Almond breeze
4. Coffee, Nescafe
5. Jolly ranchers, candy
In the first Lab that we did we were creating esters. This fits perfectly with our objective 2 since we were creating esters. Some esters were wintergreen, banana, or nail polish.
Kyla Mae Bravo Chem 1B 1065
I found the Coca-Cola soda to be interesting because it allowed us to determine the solubility of gas when it comes to temperature and pressure.
Dylan Guidotti
Lab 1065
I found the jolly ranchers interesting because it was hard to cook the candy to the right temperature during the lab
Section 1065
1.) Fabuloso: Multipurpose Cleaner
2.) Jack Daniels Whiskey
3.) Werther’s Original Caramel Hard Candies
4.) Blue Bunny Vanilla Ice Cream
5.) Wonder: Classic White Bread
Consumer product 1 relates to Objective 1: Organic Structures because functional groups such as acids and alcohols react with each other to produced esters. In this product, linalool reacts with acetic acid to produce the ester lynalyl acetate that gives the lavender scent to the Fabuloso.
Carly Emerson CHEM 1B 1065
I was surprised I didn’t think of whiskey since it does smell and it’s an alcohol so it would’ve been perfect for lab.
I found Fabuloso to be interesting because it is able to create the lavender scent it gives off without using any lavender.
1. Dove-cucumber bar soap
2. Suave-deodorant
3. Aveeno-lotion
4. Suave Professionals- Shampoo & Conditioner
5. Tide- Laundry Detergent
In one of our previous labs, we went over the concept of how alcohol and acid form an ester. We learned that certain combinations release familiar odors/scents such as fruity, minty, wintergreen, etc. We furthermore applied the concept to ‘real-world’ consumer products, that artificial fragrances are chemically developed. A consumer product that carries multiple fragrances is the Suave deodorant, which is bound to consist of these artificial fragrances made by ester– an alcohol and acid reaction.
1) Dove—cucumber bar soap
2) Suave—deodorant
3)Squirt—beverage
4) Lindor—chocolate
5) Ben and Jerry’s—cookies and cream ice-cream
(Edited list) ***^^^
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Hi Jazmin, I found your consumer product interesting because we use deodorant on a daily basis and I never thought about the esters making all the different fragrances.
1) Safeguard Bar Soap
2) Hennessy Cognac
3) Kraft Caramels
4) Signature Select Ice Cream Vanilla
5) Liquid I.V. Hydration Multiplier
The Signature Select Ice Cream Vanilla is related to Objective 4 because we were studying colligative properties to predict solution properties. During the lab going over Objective 4, we made ice cream in class by lowering the freezing point of the milk and cream solution with sugar. This allowed the ice cream to freeze enough and have a nice, soft texture without it becoming hard like ice.
Ana Trujillo, 1065
I found this post particularly interesting because I used to drink Liquid I.V. Hydration Multipliers before volleyball and soccer games in high school but I didn’t know that this was the brand name or product. I only recognize it now because of how the individual packets of powder look like. I never saw the bag since my coaches would just provide me with the individual packets.
Section 1065
1. Soft-soap – Hand Soap
2. Cutex – Nail Polish Remover
3. Laffy Taffy – Candy
4. Haagen Dazs – Ice Cream
5. Bimbo – Bread Loaf
I related Consumer Product 4 to the 4th objective since it states, Predict solution properties based on colligative properties. We had to predict how much solute (salt) we would need to add to the ice to lower the temperature of our ice cream to 0 C, which ended up dealing with the Freezing Point Depression.
1.Perfume: Miss Dior Eu de Parfum
2.Banana: Fresh Del Monte Products
3.Caramel Hard Candy: Werther’s Original
4.Ice Cream: Breyers Natural Vanilla
5.Thermometer: Fisherbrand Dry Block
Perfume (Objective 2) During our first lab we looked at mixing acids with alcohols to create different esters. We identified smells such as banana and nail polish. In perfumes there are also esters produced that result in unique smells.
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Lizbeth Lozano-Ruiz
Lab Section 1065
Hi Lupita,
I found the perfume the most interesting because I’ve been using perfume for most of my life, but I have never thought about what produces the scent. After our first lab, I now know that esters are what produce the unique smells of our perfumes.
Kyla Mae Bravo
Lab section: 1065
1) Dove Hand Soap, Aloe and Eucalyptus
2) Ice Breakers Ice Cubes, Wintergreen gum
3) Warheads, sour candy
4) Morton, Rock Salt
5)Artesano, bread
Consumer product #4 relates to Objective 4: Predict solution properties based on colligative properties. Since when making homemade ice cream, rock salt has the ability to lower the freezing point of ice which then allows the ingredients to freeze and turn into ice cream.
Jose Meza
Section 1065
I found rock salt very interesting because it’s used to make ice cream and drop the freezing point of liquids faster.
1. Dial complete hand soap
2. Old Spice deodorant
3. Tootsie pop
4. Breyers natural vanilla
5. Jell-O
Consumer Product 2 is related to course objectives 2 because we were dealing with esters and smells. In lab we created scents with different esters and different esters are used to create different scents of deodorant.
David Mancera: Section 1065
I find the jell-o interesting because of the process that it has to go through to solidify and this was related to week 5 and reaction rates and catalyst.
1.) Yesenia Magallanes, Section 1065
2.) California Olive Ranch, Non-acetone Nail Polish Remover, Morton Salt, Ben, and Jerry’s Ice Cream, Matches
3.) Non-acetone Nail Polish Remover contains ethyl acetate instead of acetone; in order to decrease the amount of dehydration acetone causes in cuticles. Ethyl acetate is an ester produced alongside water by the chemical reaction between ethanol and acetic acid.
1. Cologne: YSL Eau de parfum
2. Gum: trident Winter green
3. Hard candy: Jolly Ranchers: Blue raspberry
4. Ice cream: Mint
5. Morton’s: Rock salt
Consumer product number one relates to course objective number two. During this objective we mixed different esters by mixing an acid and alcohol with a catalyst to create different smells. Even though we did not make the same smell as the cologne listed at the top the process is identical however with different acids and alcohols.
1.Coca-Cola Diet Coke – Predict solution properties based on colligative properties. The sugar content in Diet Coke is different than regular Coca-Cola and makes Diet Coke have a faster freezing point.
2.Great Value Napolean Ice Cream – Predict solution properties based on colligative properties.
3.Laffy Taffy Banana – Identify organic functional groups, draw skeletal structures, and distinguish between the same compound, isomers, and resonance structures.
4.Popcorn – Predict heat and work in physical and chemical reactions.
5.Morton Table Salt – Predict solution properties based on colligative properties.
Andrea Martinez, Sec: 1065
1.) CVS Health; Adult Low Dose Aspirin
2.) Molina; Mexican Vanilla Extract
3.) Cerveceria Modelo Mexico; Modelo Especial
4.) Walgreens; Saline Wound Wash
5.) Tree Top; 100% Apple Juice
The objective for week three was to identify forces in ionic and molecular solutions. Modelo Especial is a Mexican beer. Beer is an ionic solution of alcohol (the solute) and water (the solvent). The chemical forces between alcohol and water are London dispersion forces, hydrogen bonding, and dipole-dipole forces.
Hey Andrea,
I found apple juice interesting since companies use different enzymes to extract most of the apples.
Azucena Mendez-Gomez (1065)
Hi Andrea
I enjoy drinking modelos and i will be thinking of the London dispersion forces, hydrogen bonding, and dipole-dipole forces next time I drink one
Lizbeth Lozano-Ruiz
Lab Section: 1065
1. Dove Hand Soap- Coconut water and almond milk
2. Beauty Secrets- nail polish remover
3. Jolly Rancher- hard candy
4. Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream- strawberry cheesecake
5. Oroweat- whole wheat bread
In lab one we mixed acids with different alcohols to produce different esters. One of the esters that was produced was nail polish remover, which is my consumer product #2. This relates to objective #2: understand organic hydrogenation reactions, oxidation reactions, and reactions that produce esters and amides.
1. Dove- Cucumber and green tea
2. Lindt Lindor Milk chocolate
3. Hard Candy – Jolly rancher
4. Ice cream – Ben and Jerry’s
5. Daves KIller bread Organic
For hard candy we figured out the concentration of the sugar and at what sugar percentage hard candy will be made.
Diego Guzman-Bermudez, Section-1065
1. Vinegar – Heinz
2. Perfume – Chanel
3. Coca-Cola – Coca-Cola
4. Ice- cream – Ben and Jerry’s
5. Bread – Wonder
On week 4, we learned to predict solution properties based on colligative properties. So I chosed ice-cream as a example of objective 4 because ice-cream is an example of the importance of colligative properties to make ice-cream.
Dr. Bronner’s Pure Castile Soap
Mr. Sketch Yellow Banana Scented Markers
Mia Secret Liquid Monamer
Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream
Baker’s Vanilla Flavor Imitation
Last week, we created a banana scented ester and a mint scented ester. I chose Mr. Sketch’s banana scented marker because I think Mr. Sketch might use these esters in their products formula to created its markers.
Ethan Solorio Lab Section 1065
Eternity Perfume for Women
Life Savers Hard Candy
Half of Starbucks Coffee container in fridge
Ben and Jerry’s Vanilla Ice Cream
Green Apple Jolly Ranchers Jello
The first consumer product listed is related to objective 2. In lab we aimed to understand how mixing chemicals to form esters would create certain smells. Perfumes are typically produced from esters to create pleasant smelling fragrances.
Hey Andrea,
I found apple juice interesting since companies use different enzymes to extract most of the apples.
Azucena Mendez-Gomez
C&H Cane Sugar: Sugar is related to this week because i can be dissolved into water but then can be extracted by evaporating the water.
Yesenia Magallanes, 1056
Hydrogen Peroxide, Tums, LaCroix, Baking Soda, Magnesium Supplements, Heat packs
Objective 7 is understanding equilibrium reactions. Tums relate to this because Tums neutralize a stomach with too much acid.
Adam Tarazon
Lab Section: 1065
1. Swan, Hydrogen Peroxide (Topical Solution)
2. NOW, Wintergreen Essential Oil
3. Chiquita, Banana
4. Heinz, Vinegar
5. Foster Farms, Milk
6. Sargento, Cheese
The consumer products milk from Foster Farms and cheese from Sargento relate to course objectives 8,9, and 10. In lab, we performed acid-base titrations to attempt to make cheese from milk and then, milk from cheese.
Hello Adam,
I found that your choice of milk was interesting because I never heard that Foster Farms had milk products, I only know them for their chicken.
Ana Trujillo 1065
1. canned tuna
2. Vinegar
3. Apples
4. Milk
5. Tums
6. Marshmallows
Objective 11 is predicting heat and work in physical and chemical reactions. Marshmallows relate to this objective as it is a burnable food that can transfer the heat it produces when being burned to something else, such as water , in a physical chemical reaction.
Hey Ana, I found objective 11 very interesting since we were burning food that transferred heat to burn something else.
Vinegar is interesting because although it’s a weak acid, adding more in a titration can decrease the pH level when added to a basic solution.
Hey Ana,
I found objective 11 to be very interesting because prior to this lab I was not aware that we could use something like marshmallows to transfer heat.
Jose Meza 1065
1. Planters – Peanuts
2. Rolaids advanced – Rolaids
3. Tums – Tums
4. Apple
5. Banana
6. Cheese
Cheese is related to objective 9 since we were making a titration of acid-base in order to produce milk from cheese and then milk from cheese.
Hi Jose, I found that using acids and bases to create cheese was very interesting. I never knew cheese was so easy to make.
Section 1065
1. Hydrogen Peroxide
2. White Vinegar
3. Baking Soda
4. Cheese
5. Tums
6. Marshmallows
Hydrogen peroxide relates to objective 6 because it contains an enzyme that acts as a catalyst which affects the reaction mechanism to the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide.
David Mancera-1065
1. Vinegar-Heinz
2.Alka Seltzer Tablets- Alka Seltzer
3. Lemon Juice-Realemon
4. Flour-Gold Medal
5. Apple Cider Vinegar- Bragg Organic
6. Handwarmers-Hothands
Flour relates to objective nine because flour is considered insoluble in water.
Diego Guzman-Bermudez – Section 1065
1. Hydrogen Peroxide – Swan
2. Vinegar – Heinz
3. Banana – Chiquita
4. Cheese – American Cheese
5. Rolaids – Rolaids Advance
6. Peanuts – Planters
Peanuts is related to Objective 11 because Objective 11 was about the heat and work transfer from one object to another object. The peanuts were able to show that process and therefore calculate the amount of heat it gave off.
Hi Diego,
I found the peanuts to be interesting because by burning them it allowed us to learn energy transformations in chemical reactions.
1. Up&Up, Hydrogen Peroxide
2. Tums, antacid
3. Heinz, vinegar
4. Lucerne Dairy Farms, Mozzarella cheese
5. Bleach, sodium hypochlorite
6. Funyuns, chips
Funyuns is related to course objective 11 since this particular objective consisted of thermodynamics and how to predict heat and work in physical and/or chemical reactions. By burning/heating a chip we were able to do so and observe the amount of energy transferred to the water by monitoring if the initial temperature changed with time solemnly with the burnt chip.
Hi Jazmin, it’s good to see that your group burned a different food I think most burned peanuts.
1) Signature Care – Hydrogen Peroxide
2) Chiquita – Banana
3) Signature Care – Vinegar
4) Lucerne – Cheese
5) Rolaids – antacid
6) Kirkland Signature – Peanuts
The peanuts are related to Course Objective 11 because the objective required the prediction of heat and work in physical and chemical reactions. The peanuts were burned to produce heat and were transferred to water to see the amount of energy transferred.
Kyla Mae Bravo- Section 1065
1) Swan-hydrogen peroxide
2) Kroger- Distilled white vinegar
3) Dole- Banana
4)Babybel- Cheese
5)Alka setzer Tablets- Alka Setzer Original
6) Lays- Classic
Dole banana relates to objective 8 since this objective is particularly about preventing food from turning brown with the help of buffers or food preservatives.
Hi Kyla, I agree. Before doing this lab i never knew that you could prevent browning on foods such as bananas so I think its cool that you bring up bananas and how objective 8 is perfect for that.
1. Hydrogen Peroxide: Kroger
2. Salt: Morton
3. Fruit preservative: Fruit Fresh
4. Vinegar: Heinz
5. Baking Soda: Arm and Hammer
6. Chips: Funyuns
The funyuns we burnt are related to objective 11 (predict heat and work in physical and chemical reactions) because by burning the chips we saw the heat being lost and then being gained by the water that was directly on top.
Hello Lupita,
I find the product you’ve chosen interesting because of funyuns being burnt for the burning food lab and I imagined the funyuns would indeed gain weight by placing it on the water during the part where we had to measure the temperature because of how the onion flavored rings have little holes in them like a sponge.
Section 1065
Distilled Vinegar – Kirkland signature
Cream cheese – Philadelphia
Potato chips – Pringles™
Apples – Fuji variety
Hydrogen Peroxide – CVS Health
Antacid tablets – Equate
Cream cheese since Objective 9 is was about creating cheese from milk but also different kinds of cheese like hard or curdled cheese.
Hi Carly,
I found your post very interesting because I had not though of how cream cheese was related to chemistry, but its interesting to see the chemical reactions behind common household products.
-Andrea Martinez (Sec: 1065)
Lizbeth Lozano-Ruiz
Lab Section: 1065
1. Equate- Hydrogen peroxide
2. Heinz- Distilled white vinegar
3. Alka-Seltzer- Alka Seltzer tablets
4. Kirkland Signature- Mozzarella Cheese
5. Del Monte- bananas
6. Planters- Peanuts
Mozzarella Cheese is related to objective 9 in which we performed acid-base titrations to make cheese from milk.
Ana Trujillo 1065
Hey Lizbeth I thought your post was really interesting because I didn’t know that hydrogen peroxide is an acid, and although weak, it can be applied directly to the skin.
Andrea Martinez, Sec: 1065
6.) Arms & Hammer, Heinz: Pure Baking Soda,Distilled Vinegar
7.)Tums: Ultra Strength Fruity Antacid Medicine
8.)Cuties, Mandarins
9.)Minute Made, Lemonade
10.)Mi Costeñita, Cal
11.)Swan: Hydrogen Peroxide
When you haven an you have an upset stomach due to heartburn, you can take a tablet of Tums’s antacid to treat it. Hydrochloric acid is released into our stomach as gastric juices secreted by the lining of our stomach. Heartburn is caused when our stomach produces too much acid. In order to alleviate this symptom, one can take Tums because they are composed primarily of calcium carbonate causing the reaction to be shifted towards equilibrium.
Yesenia Magallanes, Section 1065
Hi Andrea, I found your post interesting since you provided a very thorough explanation of how the consumer product matches the objective of the weak. It’s always interesting to learn how chemistry topics we talk about are applied in the real world.
Lupita Nunez, Section 1065
Hi Andrea, I found your consumer product post interesting because of how you related it to the objective and also your explanation of the way Tums helps with heartburn when taken. Definitely would help when I eat too many Hot Cheetos.
Daniel Diaz (1065)
Hi Andrea, It was really interesting to learn how tums work to help heartburn because a friend of mine takes tums all the time but never knew that’s how they worked.
1 – Hostess Snoballs
2 – Planters Salted Peanuts
3 – Tums Antacid Tablets
4 – Kraft String Cheese
5 – Datu Puti Vinegar
6 – Clorox Bleach
Kraft String Cheese is a consumer product related to Objective 9 where we applied equilibrium principles to acid-base titrations and buffers.
Adam Tarazon
Lab Section: 1065
Hi Althea,
I found your post interesting because I used to love Kraft string cheese. However after learning about how cheese is made during the milk titration lab, I am not sure how I feel about cheese anymore.
Dylan Guidotti
Lab Section 1065
1. Planters- peanuts
2. Tums- antacid
3. CVS health hydrogen peroxide
4. Heinz distilled white vinegar
5. Kraft singles- cheese
6. Chiquita- banana
Kraft singles cheese is related to object 9 where we preformed an acid-base titration to turn milk to cheese.
My favorite consumer product of the week is Mandarins because they are one of my favorite fruit, so it’s interesting to see how they relate to chemistry. I will used my knowledge and experience when buying and using consumer products by thinking about the science behind the product.
–Andrea Martinez, Sec 1065
1. Limon lays
2. Tums
3. Canned tuna
4. Banana
5. Cheese
6. Hydrogen
I can relate cheese to chapter 9 because we made titrations of an acid-base in order to produce cheese from milk, then milk from cheese