Borax Hypothesis

In our hypothesis we predicted that if borax is added to a laminated rubber-plastic composite it will strengthen it and the end product will have a higher puncture strength. From the data that we got by testing our plastic, it is maybe supported, but I cannot confidently say it is true judged by how weak our all data inclination is. The overall higher puncture strength is when we added 12 mL of borax to our laminated plastic. It may have been because borax is sticky substance and can cause the laminated plastic to bind more when more was added. Our data shows that when we added only 4 mL of borax it took around 7.96 Newtons of force to be able to puncture a hole all the way through the plastic. But when we added 12 mL of borax it took 8.77 Newtons of force. So eventually overall our hypothesis was probably supported judged by the data we have gotten with our experiments.
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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