Today in class we actually stared making the fuel for the bus. We go our method from the video we watched monday in class. In class today we also had 2 assistants. Mr. Miller and Steven. They helped us a good portion. The way we made the fuel was easy to me.
1st when we walked into class most of put on our long sleeves and jeans and safety equipment. 2nd we were split into groups of and sent to different stations. The station i was at was measuring the the 12 grams of sodium hydroxide. By the time our group finished everyone else was done. After we all went to the table in the middle and mixed the sodium hydroxide with the 250 ml of methanol. As we mixed it and waited for the sodium hydroxide to dissolve our containers got very warm. After it had dissolved we took it to be mixed with our 1 liter of oil. After that we cleaned up and left.
Explain the purpose of mixing the hydroxide and the methanol. Also you could include what made the fuel easy to make. Good job on your blog.
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