Oxygen in Air Science Project Idea
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Written by Dee
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Wednesday, 21 November 2007 |
Science project idea on how much of the air is oxygen.
How much of the air is oxygen?
Can you suggest a method by which this may be found out? Air Science Experiment
On a metal disk on a flat piece of cork, place a bit of yellow phosphorus. Place the cork on water and invert over it a glass cylinder. Examine after two days. Result? Conclusion? Quantitative experiments have shown that air has the following composition :
Oxygen, 20+ per cent, Nitrogen, including several inert gases, 79+ per cent, Carbon dioxide, .03 to .04 of 1 per cent.
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