Thursday, December 13, 2012

Winter Project 2




Results are shown below. We measure effectiveness by largest change in mass of the toilet paper by looking at change in mass. A higher change in mass indicates more absorbency. The results are listed below. We found that for all toilet paper, the one ply was less effective than the two ply. We also found that milk was harder to absorb than water. The most absorbant brand quilted northern because it had the greatest two ply change in mass for one tsp of water at 6 grams. Also, on average, it's one ply change in mass was greater than all other brands therefore it is the best one ply brand. For milk, Angel Soft was the most absorbent at 3 and 3.5grams change in mass




Northern Quilted Soft

One Ply-0.5g
Two Ply-1.0g
1/2 tsp water average
2.67g
3g
trial one
trial two
trial three
3g
3g
2g
4g
2g
3g
tsp water average
4.67g
6g
trial one
trial two
trial three
4g
4g
5g
6g
7g
5g
1/2 tsp milk average
2g
2.67g
trial one
trial two
trial three
2g
2g
2g
3g
2g
2g
tsp milk average
3.67g
4.33g
trial one
trial two
trial three
3g
4g
3g
5g
3g
5g

Angel Soft

One Ply-0.5g
Two Ply-1.0g
1/2 tsp water average
2g
2.5g
trial one
trial two
trial three
2g
2g
2g
4g
2g
3g
tsp water average
3g
4.5g
trial one
trial two
trial three
3g
4g
2g
6g
7g
5g
1/2 tsp milk average
3g
3g
trial one
trial two
trial three
3g
3g
3g
3g
2g
2g
tsp milk average
3.5g
3.5g
trial one
trial two
trial three
3.5g
3.5g
3.5g
5g
3g
5g

 Charmin Toilet Paper Brand



One Ply-0.5g
Two Ply-1.0g
1/2 tsp water average
1.83g
4.03g
trial one
trial two
trial three
1.4g
2.1g
2.0g
4.1g
4.1g
3.9g
tsp water average
4.6g
5.33g
trial one
trial two
trial three
4.3g
4.4g
5.1g
4.7g
6.0g
5.3g
1/2 tsp milk average
2.87g
2.13g
trial one
trial two
trial three
3.1g
2.8g
2.7g
1.9g
2.3g
2.2g
tsp milk average
4.03g
3.83g
trial one
trial two
trial three
4.1g
3.9g
4.1g
3.9g
4.0g
3.6g

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