Introduction:

• Acid rain is a topic of much concern in today’s world. As carbon dioxide gas, CO2, dissolves in water droplets of unpolluted air, the following reaction happens
• H2CO3 is a weak acid that causes the rain from unpolluted air to be slightly acidic.
• Oxides of sulfur dissolve in water droplets to cause more serious problems. Sulfur trioxide dissolves to produce sulfuric acid, H2SO4, by the equation
• The acidity of a solution can be expressed using the pH scale, which ranges from 0 to 14. Solutions with pH above 7 are basic, solutions with pH below 7 are acidic, and a neutral solution has a pH of 7. In Part I of this experiment, you will study the effect of dissolving CO2 in distilled water, which is similar to rain water, on the pH of the water. Then in Part II, you will study the effects of dissolving sulfuric acid on the pH of different water types.
  

Objectives
In this experiment, we will:

• Study the effect of dissolved CO2 on the pH of distilled water.
• Measure pH
• Study the effect on pH of dissolving H2SO4 in various waters
• Learn why some bodies of water are more vulnerable to acid rain than others.
  

Experiment:
As a group we conducted an experiment on Acid Rain. Because we did not have access to Sulfuric Acid, we measured the Acidic levels of Orange Juice/Coca-Cola. As a result the data that we gathered produced these results:  pH is 5 for 50ml of water, pH is 3 from 50 ml of water w/Co2 for 100 seconds, 50ml of water and 20 ml of orange juice pH4, 20 ml of water and 50 ml of orange juice pH4, 50 ml of orange juice of pH 3. For Coca-Cola, 80ml of coke pH2, 80ml coke and water pH 3, and 50 ml coke + 20 ml orange juice pH4.