Vegetable Oil Lava Lamp

To make a lava lamp with household ingredients start by pouring vegetable oil water and food coloring into a plastic bottle.

Vegetable oil lava lamp.

So for 1 portion of water i would add 3 portion of oil for a lava lamp. Because the original lava lamp produces heat and it is not safe to keep the. Food coloring primary colors or neon. I like using these gel food colors for vibrant coloring.

Then add some salt to the bottle or an effervescent tablet so the mixture starts fizzing. How much vegetable oil do you put in a lava lamp. Even if you are using olive oil which is fairly expensive it still ends up being cheaper than most candles. Vegetable oil on the other hand is a nonpolar molecule made of long chains of hydrocarbons strings of carbon atoms bonded to hydrogen atoms.

Watch scientist joe as he makes the lava lamp experiment here. Vegetable oil water and an alka seltzer tablet. Unlike the water molecule there is equal sharing of electrons between the carbon and hydrogen atoms. Your lava lamp is ready.

Next if you don t have alka seltzer you can make your own mix. To begin color about 1 2 cup of water with food coloring. A traditional ceramic dish oil lamp how the vegetable oil lamp works. Original alka seltzer tablets.

Take the alka seltzer tablets and break them into 2 or 3 pieces. The vegetable oil will be drawn up into the wick. If you don t have all the ingredients on hand you can make a few substitutions. Fill the bottle up about 1 4th 1 quarter with water.

The original lava lamps are not safe to leave on all night. Can you leave lava lamps on all night. Fill up to of t the glass mason jar with vegetable oil fill the remaining of the glass mason jar with water leaving about an inch empty at the top. For this groovy experiment kids get to recreate their parents lava lamp while learning about liquid density.

Pour the vegetable oil in the bottle until is almost full. The flame ignites it causing the oil to vaporize. Vegetable oil or you could use mineral or baby oil instead fizzing tablets such as alka seltzer food coloring. We found it created a lot of bubbles and the clarity of the lava lamp was not as good but it does still work.

To make a cool looking lava lamp you ll need a large flashlight like the one in the. When using aspirin eno tablet. Even a small amount of oil can burn for a few hours. Add 3 4 drops of the food colour to the water and oil solution and mix it well.

You can choose the size of the container based on how much vegetable oil you have to spare. Lava lamp without alka seltzer.