Introduction
The plastic bag is made up of a long chain of molecules known as “Polymers”.This makes the plastic bag stretchy. When the sharpened pencils pierced through the plastic bag, these long chains of molecules around the pencils within a minute prevented the leak of water. This could be a helpful method to check a plastic leak-proof bag.
This tutorial will show how to check a plastic leak-proof bag with pencils at home.
Supplies
We need the following supplies to build this science model
Materials
- leak-proof bag
- Sharpened Pencils
- Water
Steps To Test Plastic Leak-Proof Bag
Step 1: Fill the plastic bag about ¾ of the way full of water and seal it shut.
Step 2: Hold the sharpened pencil in one hand while using the other hand to put the pencil through the plastic bag. Continue pushing it until the sharpened point of the pencil also comes out of the other side of the bag.
Step 3: repeat with more pencils and check any water spills out.
No water spills out of the plastic bag!
Recommendation
Plastic bags are made up of polymer. Polymers have long, flexible chains of molecules. Hence, No water should spill out.
When you poke a sharp pencil through the bag, the pencil slides in between the chain of molecules that make up the polymer. The Molecule chains make the seal around the pencil that won’t let the water out.
Cisco Ramon is an American software engineer who has experience in several popular and commercially successful programming languages and development tools. He has been writing content since last 5 years. He is a Senior Manager at Rude Labs Pvt. Ltd.
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