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And that if measurements are not always consist set aside from the independent variable, the plastic would not have a perfect and consistent substance compound. As I remember earlier, I added instead of 3 drops of food colouring, inconsistent number between 1-9 drops which may have affected the plastic. I got these results from our testing because borax gels polymers allowing the plastics, the bonds, to be even stronger. “Borax ions between hydroxyl group crosslinking” allows the borax to get in between the polymer strands making it more durable. Between each hydrogen-carbon, and oxygen bonds the borax fits merging each monomer therefore making it stronger. It became harder to poke a hole the more borax we added for this reason. At 4 mL the average was at 7.96 Newtons but at 12 mL is was 8.77 Newtons, although not much of a change, it shows that borax can strength polymer