tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38749589.post3082063178184949542..comments2023-11-12T13:16:00.150-03:30Comments on My Fair Isle: On Packing and the Colour of CaffeineRobynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391086267728343589noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38749589.post-87069563464125922622009-05-27T14:11:07.332-02:302009-05-27T14:11:07.332-02:30Caffeine.. interesting stuff.
like nicotine, it's...Caffeine.. interesting stuff.<br /><br />like nicotine, it's a poison..<br />(but you need to ingest a lot to kill you! --but not an un-imagable large quanity (3 quarts of Manhattan special soda, ingested in less than 2 hours has enough caffeine to kill about 50% of the population!)--Manhattan special has more caffeine than Jolt, and red bull even (you need to drink about 1.5 gallons of those beverages (in less than 2 hours) to reach the 50% toxicity rate. <br />(my son was a big fan of Manhattan special soda (i like it too!) and it was his drug of choice for late night cramming sessions!)<br /><br />in a purified, dried state, its a white powder, that is soluable in water and alcohol.. <br />(the 3 universal solvents are water, alcohol and oil. <br />Many, many things are soluble in one, some in 2, a few in 3!--<br />(my son has done photo essays on how soluble gummy bears are in water/alcohol and oil.. and has included gummy bears in air (as a control)and also tried salt water(vs plain water), and vinegar (an acid) and water with baking soda (a base).. <br />(and his poor kids just wanted to eat gummy bears, not watch them change!) <br />(some things are rather inert, (and don;t dissolve in anything!)<br /><br />Caffeine has a bitter taste (and contribute to the bitter taste of coffee) <br /><br />now as for bees wax.. <br />well what is burning? --I mean its seems simple enough, but what is fire? is it a thing? or is it a process (like say the bubbles of boiling water?)can things burn with out a flame? <br /><br />Bees wax is a complex hydro carbon.. and burning? (what is required to burn something? what happens to the things you burn? <br /><br />(do they just dissappear? or do they change?<br />and how do they change, and what do they change into?<br />and is the change temperature dependent? (and is it temperature sensitive?) (does bees wax burn faster if it burns hotter? and how do you measure the heat of flame? )<br /><br />(how about bees wax? is it soluble in water?<br />or in alcohol?<br />or in oil? <br />or in an acid?<br />or in an base?<br />does bees wax train its ability to burn if it is dissolved in these materials?<br />does it burn faster? or slower? <br /><br />Maybe i'll send you a long email on fun kitchen chemistry stuff..<br />many of the experiments are messy.. but messy can be fun too..<br /><br /><br />good questions!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05396678842259578953noreply@blogger.com