Amount of Caffeine in Different Energy Drinks
Amount of Caffeine in Different Energy Drinks Myro.L (1) Aiden.V (2) Tyler.K (3) (1) Tuscarora High School January 10, 2024 This experiment investigated how accurately popular energy drinks report their caffeine content by chemically extracting and measuring the caffeine in each beverage. Six drinks—Red Bull, Monster, Celsius, Ghost, Bang, and Reign—were tested using dichloromethane extraction, […]
Optimal Fuel Mixtures for Potassium Nitrate Reactivity
Optimal Fuel Mixtures for Potassium Nitrate Reactivity Trent Lasher (1) and Adam Abisourour (2) (1) Tuscarora High School, (2) Emerging Journalist (EJS) March 20, 2025 Potassium nitrate reacts with different fuels to release energy through exothermic reactions. This experiment tested nine fuel mixtures—magnesium, aluminum, charcoal, sulfur, wood shavings, zinc, copper, iron, and sugar—combined with potassium […]