Detergents Science Fair Projects

Detergents science fair projects can look at a number of characteristics of the detergents that we use everyday. If you are interested in chemistry experiments or ecological science fair projects, detergent makes a good topic. In the following five section you will be able to read about projects that you can complete to learn more about detergents, how they work and how they impact the world around us.

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What commercial detergent produces the most lather? This is a fun hypothesis that detergents science fair projects can answer. In this experiment your independent variable will be the detergent you use and the dependent variable will be the amount of lather that is produced. Advanced this experiment by determine what makes the winning detergent lather so much?

What cleans better, liquid soap or bar soap? Before you develop your detergents science fair projects you will first need to determine how you define the term "clean." For example, does clean refer to the amount of grease or dirt that remains or does it refer to bacteria count? In this experiment your independent variable will be the type of soap you are experimenting with and your dependent variable will be how clean the detergent gets the test item.

Are biodegradable detergents really safer for the environment? With so much effort being put into making things safer for the environment this hypothesis is an important one to address with chemistry science fair projects. To test this hypothesis you will want to examine how safe each soap is. You will want to look at the chemical makeup of each detergent type and determine what type of impact the detergent has. You may also want to look at how long it takes biodegradable detergents to biodegrade, as well as what type of impact these detergents have on the environment while they are still active.

Exploring the effects detergents have on the environment will make your science fair project more valuable to judges. One hypothesis that you can test is that detergents are polluting the fresh water supplies of the earth. To test this hypothesis you will want to examine how much tonnage of detergents are produced each year and where soapy water ends up. For example, you can examine how waste water is filtered at waste water treatment centers. Make sure you look at how these facilities dispose of detergent solids.

While many ecological science fair projects that examine detergents will focus on the negative impacts that they have on the environment, you also have the option of looking at how these chemical compounds can be used to help the ecosystem. For example, dish soap can be used to clean crude oil from wildlife after an oil spil. How else can detergents be used to improve the quality of an ecosystem? Think about water purification, oil spill clean ups and other related projects.

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