Invisible ink science project
Objective
Today, we’ll demonstrate how to manufacture your own invisible ink at home as part of the Invisible ink science project. There are many components that we can use to make invisible ink but we will discuss only two salt and lemon. We can also write and hide your secret messages as secret agents do. The experiment is full of fun and enjoyable you may perform at home and show to your friends.
Materials Required
● Earbuds or a paintbrush
● Lemon
● Candle
● Salt
● Light
● Water
● Paper
Invisible ink science project Procedure
We’ll manufacture invisible ink at home using two separate methods and two different ingredients in the Invisible ink science project.
Method 1
Step 1 Squeeze the juice from fresh, ripe lemons into a small basin using your fingers or a squeezing machine.
Step 2 Fill the basin with water and lemon juice. It only takes a few droplets of water to make a difference. The lemon juice and water combination should next be mixed or shaken with a new spoon. That is all there is to it. Our invisible ink is ready to perform amazing feats of paper magic.
Step 3 Select a simple white piece of paper and keep it on your desk ready to write your secret message. Then, dip a paintbrush in a basin containing a lemon juice and water combination. You may also write on paper with a cotton swab or an earbud.
Step 4 Write some text or a message on a piece of paper using a dipped paintbrush and let it dry. You won’t be able to see your text entirely after the liquid has dried. As a result, we must ensure that the paper is completely dry.
Step 5 Finally, it is time to bring paper near a heat source, you may use a lighter, candle, or light bulb. And then wait for the words to appear on the paper. please not take the paper too much close as paper can be fired by the lighter and candle
Method 2
Step 1 Choose a small bowl and add a pinch of salt to it. Now put a small amount of salt and start slowly drizzling until salt gets fully dissolved. This salt solution can be used as invisible ink.
Step 2 now the solution which you have formed in the last step can be used as invisible ink, follow the steps in method 1 from step 3 to step 5.
Step 3 you will achieve the same result as you in the first method.
Science behind Invisible ink science project
Lemon juice includes colorless carbon molecules at normal temperature. The light bulb’s heat decomposes the compounds and releases carbon. When carbon comes into touch with air, it oxidizes and turns brown, revealing your hidden message under a hot bulb.
Lemon juice is an organic material that oxidizes and becomes dark when heated. The solution which we have prepared in the activity is colorless and difficult to see on paper so why it can be seen used as a secret message you may use many more substances without salt and lemon on such as orange juice, honey, milk, onion juice, vinegar, and wine.
Observation
The piece of paper which earlier was clear but when you heathen it up the words which you have written with the invisible ink turns to brown color and appears on the paper.
Conclusion
In the above Invisible ink science project, we have mentioned two methods by using both of them you can make invisible ink at home. The experiments seem like just magic when you bring the paper near the heat the words which you have written appear on the paper.