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Title: Any suggestions for a high school research project? At least in which field?
Post by: idk on October 05, 2019, 04:09:57 AM

It has to be something unresearched, but not too complex. I am also very open to suggestions of interesting fields in which an interesting project idea can be found.

Title: Re: Any suggestions for a high school research project? At least in which field?
Post by: Enthalpy on October 07, 2019, 05:46:13 PM

Welcome, idk!

Take a handful of straight alkanes, freeze them in liquid nitrogen, measure the densities, check if any even-odd effect
http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=75605.0

Fill a hot-water bottle with a paraffin instead of water, melt it
http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=84190.msg305518#msg305518
compare the heat amounts if possible.

Find electrically conductive ink (costs a bit), draw a line on an insulating foil, measure the resistance (it's low, not trivial), deform the foil and observe if the resistance is reliable. Hammer the line, check if the resistance gets more reliable
https://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=71947.0