Dissolving+Tooth--Duncan,+Carter,+Ryan,+Hunter

=**MYTH**= Coca-Cola can desolve teeth. We looked up myths onlineand found a myth that sed that coca-cola cand dissolve teeth.

=**Reserch**= Coca Cola contains citric acid and phosphoric acid which will eat away tooth enamel. A professor Clive M. McCay who did some tests and then said phosphoric acid is a dangerous additive in coke and then it became vivid folklore very fast and what was believed that the coke would dissolve the toth in 2 days. Orville May explained to the head of Coca Cola and top executives that anything containing sugar and Phosphoric acid will dissolve toothd enamel over time. Coke would eat away the marble steps of the capitol building and soften teeth. __Phosphoric acid in coke can dissolve a tooth?__ Duncan:why is the acid added to Coke? the reason Phosphoric acid is added into Coka cola is because the acid gives it the fizzy, bubbley taste that people enjoy. How mutch phospharic acid is in coke? 3% of phosphoric acid is in coke Carter: what is the chemical equation for the reaction enamel and phosphUric acid is Ca10(PO4)6'2(OH): A measure of the acidity or base of a solution, equal to 7 for neutral solutions, increasing with increasing base and decreasing with increasing acid. the pH scale ranges from 0 to 14 Acid: a soulition that has a excess of hydrogen ions. Base: a soulition that has a excess of hydroxide ions. pH meter: a meater that measure the pH of a liquid Enamle ( chemical formila for Enamle): Enamel is over 95 % mineral. The principle mineral is hydroxyapatite which is a naturally occurring form of calcium. The remaning 5% is organic consisting of proteins called enamelins, amelogenins and albumin. Corrosion: Getting eatin away Phospharic acid:HSO 4 - ( // aq // ) + H2O( // l // ) H3O + ( // aq // ) + SO4 2 - ( // aq // ) Does citric fruit have the same amount of acid as soda will it do the some thing? yes but it is citric acid and it can erode the enamle of a tooth away. How does acid couse the enamle to erode away? it is a lower Ph so it will eat away at the enamle till its gone What is Ph? //potential of Hydrogen// //What really causes/ ( what factors) effect the errosion of your enamle in soft dinks. the phospharic acid the acic in it eats your enamle on your tooth.// //What is the chemicle form of enamle?// 5% is organic 95 % mineral What is the chemicle from of phos oharic acid? HSO 4 - ( // aq // ) + H2O( // l // ) H3O + ( // aq // ) + SO4 2 - ( // aq // ) What is the chemicle equasion for the reaction( enamle and phospharic acid)? Carter answered it Hunter H:QUESTION: Will phosphoric acid in coca-cola dissolve/take the enamel off of a persons tooth, yes. Ryan: pH: A measure of the acidity or base of a solution, equal to 7 for neutral solutions, increasing with increasing base and decreasing with increasing acid. the pH scale ranges from 0 to 14 Acid: a soulition that has a excess of hydrogen ions.Base: a soulition that has a excess of hydroxide ions.pH meter: a meater that measure the pH of a liquid Enamle ( chemical formila for Enamle): Enamel is over 95 % mineral. The principle mineral is hydroxyapatite which is a naturally occurring form of calcium.The remaning 5% is organic consisting of proteins called enamelins, amelogenins and albumin. Corrosion: Getting eatin away Phospharic acid:HSO 4 - ( // aq // ) + H2O( // l // ) H3O + ( // aq // ) + SO4 2 - ( // aq // ) Does citric fruit have the same amount of acid as soda will it do the some thing? yes but it is citric acid and it can erode the enamle of a tooth away. How does acid couse the enamle to erode away? it is a lower Ph so it will eat away at the enamle till its gone What is Ph? //potential of Hydrogen// //What really causes/ ( what factors) effect the errosion of your enamle in soft dinks. the phospharic acid the acic in it eats your enamle on your tooth.// //What is the chemicle form of enamle?// 5% is organic 95 % mineral

What is the chemicle from of phos oharic acid? HSO 4 - ( // aq // ) + H2O( // l // ) H3O + ( // aq // ) + SO4 2 - ( // aq // )

What is the chemicle equasion for the reaction( enamle and phospharic acid)? Carter answered it

=Small Scale= = = QUESTION:Will phosporic acid dissolve teeth? Variables: Our independent variable is the type of pop we use. Our dependant variable is the tooth that we put in the pop. CONSTAN T VARIABLES: HYPOTHESIS: if we put a cow tooth in a ¾ cups of coca-cola then it will dissolve the enamel off the tooth because the phosphoric acid in the pop will make the tooth soft and breakable. MATERIALS: PROCEDURE (NUMBERED STEPS) SPECIFIC AMOUNTS OF CONCLUSION:
 * The temp
 * The tooth
 * Amount of pop we put into the cup
 * The cup
 * 1 cup
 * phosphoric acid
 * 1 tooth
 * We get a cup 3/4 full of phosphoric acid
 * Record what the tooth looks like before we out it in
 * We put the tooth into the acid
 * We leave the tooth in the cup for
 * We check on the tooth every morning by putting it on a scale and measuring the weight. We record any of the changes we see in the tooth in our science journal.

Our conclusion for the small scale test is I think that the phosphoric acid did start dissolving the tooth.I believe that it did because after the time in the cup/container for 3 days the tooth started getting squishy and felt like you could split it in half. The concentration of phosphoric acid we used is the same amount of concentration put into coke. Since it is the same concentration of acid I think the coca-cola will do the same thing to the tooth, unless a cow tooth and a human tooth are built different. Our group has wondered if just phosphoric acid itself can dissolve it or does the coca-cola mixed in with it affect how it changes.

=Will Coca-Cola dissolve a Cow tooth=

QUESTION: Will phosphoric acid in coca-cola dissolve/take the enamel off of a cow tooth? Variables: Our independent variable is the type of pop we use. Our dependant variable is the tooth that we put in the pop. CONSTAN T VARIABLES: HYPOTHESIS: If we put a cow tooth in a ¾ cups of coca-cola then it will dissolve the enamel off the tooth because the phosphoric acid in the pop will make the tooth soft and breakable. MATERIALS: PROCEDURE (NUMBERED STEPS) SPECIFIC AMOUNTS OF
 * The temp
 * The tooth
 * Amount of pop we put into the cup
 * The cup
 * The weight of the tooth
 * 3 Cups
 * Coca-cola, diet, regular, and cherry
 * 3 Cow Teeth
 * 1) We get 4 cups ¾ full of types of coca-cola we brought, cherry coca-cola, coca-cola, and diet coca-cola.
 * 2) Measure the weight of the tooth before we put it in the pop.
 * 3) We set the cow tooth in the pop gently for every type of pop.
 * 4) We leave the cow teeth in the cups of pop for 4 days.
 * 5) We check on the tooth every morning by putting it on a scale and measuring the weight. We record any of the changes we see in the tooth in our science journal

Large scale conclusion In our test we found that the pop does eventually take the enamel off but it may take a long time for it to. We weighed the tooth before and after and we saw that the tooth got lighter by a few grams but we do not have enough evidence to prove that the myth is confirmed so we said it is plausable.

We found that our myth is plausable because there is not enought eveidence for us to say it is busted or confirmed, but the tooth did weigh less after 5 days in the cups of pop.