Artificial Snow Making Experiment

EXPERIMENT SHEET TO MAKE ARTIFICIAL SNOW

SNOW MAKING MATERIALS

• Instant snow. The basis of this artificial snow are sodium polyacrylate powders, but the polymer has been modified to make it look more like artificial snow. Sodium polyacrylate is a non-toxic powder that has the characteristic of being able to absorb up to 1000 times its volume in water, giving the appearance of artificial snow once the water has been absorbed. It is used for baby nappies and sanitary towels. -> You can find it at Alquera

• To do this experiment you can use a product called artificial snow, to achieve a faster and more "exaggerated" snow effect. You can also use sodium polyacrylate itself, although the effect you will achieve is somewhat less.

MAKING ARTIFICIAL SNOW STEP BY STEP

Making snow is a very simple experiment, and by following the steps below you will be able to do it.

• • Prepare your artificial snow powder. As mentioned above, you can also do it with sodium polyacrylate, the product called artificial snow is sodium polyacrylate but with the polymer somewhat modified to make a greater effect of artificial snow.

• • Pour 15-20cc of artificial snow (about a tablespoon will do) into a glass.

• • Then fill the glass with 200ml of water (tap water is perfectly fine). If you want to colour the snow, add colouring to the water in the colour you want to give it. The dye is very dissolved, so add more than you would think you would need.

• • Note: There is quite a lot of flexibility in the amount of powdered snow to use. If you do various tests, you will see that the amount to produce fake snow is very flexible, and whether you use more or less water, you will get a very realistic looking artificial snow.

• • Let it wait, and you will see how the powders begin to absorb the water, and our snow begins to form. In these images you can see the sequence of how snow has been made.

This fun snow-making experiment can be done with children, and in addition to having a very entertaining afternoon, it will serve as a first step in their foray into science and chemistry. They will be able to see how it is possible to transform matter in a very simple way, in this case simply by adding water.

How to make artificial snow in video

We leave you 2 videos of how the result of this artificial snow looks like, so you can see how simple and fun it can be to make it:

COLOURED ARTIFICIAL SNOW

If you wish, you can also transform this snow into a snow of the same colour.

colours. Just add colouring (the colour of your choice) to the water and you will get snow in any colour you want!

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ARTIFICIAL SNOW

If you want to know more about the artificial snow used, how it works, the amount of water it is capable of absorbing, visit this web site snowartificial.co.uk

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