A Volcano is produced over thousands of years as heat a pressure build-up. That aspect of a volcano is very difficult to recreate in a home experiment. However, this homemade volcano will give you an idea of what it might look like when a volcano erupts flowing lava. This is a classic experiment in which a chemical reaction created the appearance of a physical volcano eruption. The reaction will bubble up and flow down the side like a real volcano (only much faster!)
The red lava is the result of a chemical reaction between the baking soda and vinegar. In this reaction, the carbon dioxide gas is produced; pressure builds up inside the lemon until the gas bubbles out of the volcano. This is a good representation of what happens in real volcanoes.
In this lockdown time, Grade 8 students made a colourful erupting volcano in their own kitchens with lemon and baking soda! Some students went out of the way
School - Garodia International Centre for Learning in Mumbai, GICLM
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