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Luke Borgese								Mr. Dempsey John Conlon and Blaise Bark						9/10/08 Lab #1									Lab Period 5 Day 2

Objective: To successfully complete this lab, a number of tests will be performed to see what sort of chemicals, if any, is present with in the color change wand. Five chemicals will be rubbed on the different colors using a q-tip. The five chemicals are HCl, NaOH, Bleach, H2O, and the magic wand. The sixth line will be used to compare the original color to the changes of the colors. This experiment is being performed to tell what sort of chemical is present in the magic wand marker, which allows for the color change when the magic marker is combined with the magic wand.

Conclusion: Within this lab, it is easily seen that the Magic Wand includes both bleach and NaOH to create the necessary color change in the normal magic markers. This is proven because during the experiments the bleach and NaOH produced similar color changes to the magic wand. While this supports the hypothesis that there is bleach in the magic wand, one can also discern that the magic wand also contains NaOH to further the color change process. During the lab, the students learned that testing all the markers was very helpful, due to the fact that it shows that the active ingredients in the wand has an affect on not just one marker, but all of them. If all the markers had not been tested, the results would only tell that bleach is the only component of the magic wand. By testing all the markers and all the chemicals, the students were able to discern that NaOH was also part of the color change that took place between the magic wand and the markers. To further the experiment, the students could combine the bleach and the NaOH, than apply them to the color change markers to see if it produces a successful color change.