Dirk+Stephens+and+Quentin+Monagle

Dirk Stephens and Quentin Monagle

=The Corrosiveness of Soda= ** Backround ** : Soft drinks have emerged as one of the most significant dietary sources of tooth decay, affecting people of all ages. Acids and acidic sugar byproducts in soft drinks softentooth enamel, contributing to the formation of cavities. In extreme cases, softer enamel combined with improper brushing, grinding of the teeth or other conditions can lead to tooth loss.
 * Problem **: Soda can be corrosive to teeth
 * Hypothesis ** : We think if the pennies are left in the soda, then they will corrode. We think the Coke will have the most corrosive effect on the pennies.

We will be using three different types of soda and water
 * Orange Crush
 * Mtn. Dew
 * Coke
 * Water
 * Diet Coke
 * Diet Orange Crush
 * Diet Mtn. Dew
 * Carbonated Water

Procedure:
Three of the cups will be filled with the same amount of different sodas and one cup will contain water. The pennies will be put inside the cups and we will use tweezers to examine the pennies. We will examine the pennies prior to putting them in the soda and every two days during the month of testing. We will make note of the the details of the penny along with the color.

I will suppy them my selve ** Citation ** []
 * Supplies **:
 * 8 cups
 * 2 liter of Dr Pepper
 * 2 liter of Mtn. Dew
 * 2 liter of Coke
 * 2 liter of Diet Coke
 * 2 liter of Diet Mtn. Dew
 * 2 liter of Diet Orange Crush
 * 1 bottle of Water
 * 1 bottle of Carbonated Water
 * 8 pennies

You could try other types of drinks such as Gatorade and juice Explain how soda will corrode the penny in your hypothesis

You guys need to A'MOVIN YOOOO (Is the penny an accurate representation of a tooth? Or is there something closer to the makeup of a tooth you could use? -Katelyn Thurman) (More background information needed-)

(Need a procedure. -Andrew Pruitt) (You need a background -Andrew Pruitt)

How are you going to test this? Are you just going to drop a penny into one of the liters of soda, or are you going to pour soda into the cups and put a penny in them? Also, how are you going to get the pennies out every 2 days without disrupting the experiment? Ex: could using your bare hands to take the pennies out of the soda affect the chemical reaction that is taking place?

Maybe you should try different types of soda? Dr. Pepper and Coke are very similar. You could try Sprite, Orange soda, etc instead of all dark sodas. You need to explain how you will do this experiment, and also explain what certain soda will corrode the penny the most. You have 3 different types of sodas, be more specific on which one will corrode the penny the most.

Which specific soda do you think will corrode the penny? (Austin McMurray) List out your IV and DV (Austin McMurray) What about diet sodas?-Kyle Tam