Oxygen

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Oxygen content of air

Objective: To measure the percent of oxygen in air and the percent of oxygen in an exhale of a breath

Hypothesis: Air has more oxygen content in it rather than the exhale of a human breath.

Procedure:
Wash hands to remove oils
Obtain 2 samples of steel wool (.7g each)
Expose one sample of the wool to 35mL of vinegar solution for 1 minute
Remove the wool from the solution and shake it to remove the vinegar
Place the steel wool in a syringe.
Put the plunger in the syringe at the 28mL mark
Place the syringe a 250mL beaker that is slightly filled with water
Pull the plunger until the water reaches the 0mL mark
Record observations every three minutes of the water level
Fill a balloon with the exhale from breath
Put 100mL of water in the balloon and shake for 5 minutes
Place the other sample of steel wool in another 35mL vinegar solution for one minute and clean it
Put the steel wool in another syringe and then release the air from the balloon into the syringe
Repeat steps 6 - 9 with this syringe.

Data and observations: (THE GRAPH WILL GO HERE!!!!!)

Conclusion: The oxygen combined with the steel wool in both syringes. This is apparent because rust was formed on both samples. The water came up to the 5.5mL mark on the syringe with the air in it, while the syringe with the breath only reached 4.5mL. Therefore, concluding that the oxygen content of air is higher than the oxygen content in a human breath.

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