Can you make a volcano without vinegar?

Instead of using vinegar, use ketchup with baking soda. This is perfect for a volcano effect because the ketchup is already the right color. You can also add liquid dish soap to create more bubbles and foam in the eruption. Add water to create the desired thickness for the lava.
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Do you need vinegar to make a volcano?

Things You'll Need For Volcano Experiment For Kids:

10 ml of dish soap. 400 ml of white vinegar. Empty 2-litre soda bottle. 2 drops of red food coloring.
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What ingredients do you need for a volcano?

Ingredients
  • Cardboard.
  • Three 4-oz. plastic cups.
  • 1 teaspoon ARM & HAMMER™ Baking Soda.
  • Plaster of Paris.
  • ¼ cup vinegar.
  • Liquid dish soap.
  • Water.
  • Red food coloring.
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How do you make a volcano with flour and water?

Start by making the cone of your baking soda volcano by mixing 6 cups flour, 2 cups salt, 4 tablespoons cooking oil, and 2 cups of water. The resulting mixture should be smooth and firm (add more water if needed). Stand the soda bottle in the baking pan and mold the dough around it to form a volcano shape.
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How do you make a volcano erupt without baking soda and vinegar?

Homemade Volcano Alternative to Baking Soda & Vinegar
  1. Elephant Toothpaste. Elephant toothpaste is named so because the resulting eruption looks like an elephant's trunk squeezing out toothpaste. ...
  2. Mentos. Mentos candies combined with diet cola will result in a powerful explosion. ...
  3. Ketchup. ...
  4. Salt.
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How do you make a volcano with flour and salt?

Mix 6 cups flour, 2 cups salt, 4 tablespoons cooking oil and 2 cups warm water. The mixture should be smooth and firm. Add more warm water if needed. Stand the soda bottle in the baking pan and mold the dough around it into a volcano shape.
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What happens when you mix baking powder and water?

Baking powder works the same way. When you add water to baking powder, the dry acid and base go into solution and start reacting to produce carbon dioxide bubbles. Single-acting baking powder produces all of its bubbles when it gets wet. Double-acting baking powder produces bubbles again when it gets hot.
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What can you mix a volcano with?

For the eruption:
  • Small bowl.
  • Cup.
  • 1 tbsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
  • 1 tbsp washing up liquid.
  • 2 tbsp water.
  • ½ cup vinegar.
  • 1 tbsp red food colouring.
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How much baking soda do you need for a volcano?

In a clean plastic cup, combine 1/2 cup of baking soda and 1/2 cup of water. Use a spoon to mix the slurry thoroughly. As quickly as possible, add your baking soda slurry to the bottle and watch your volcano explode.
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Does the amount of baking soda change the eruption?

I don't usually measure an exact amount of each, but a good dollop of baking soda, a squirt of dish soap and a bit of red food colouring mixed with a little water should give you a good eruption. If it doesn't, add a bit more baking soda.
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How can we make lava at home?

Procedure
  1. Fill the container 1/3 of the way with water.
  2. Fill the rest container most of the way with vegetable oil. ...
  3. Add a few drops of food coloring; your choice of color. ...
  4. Break an alka-seltzer tablet into a few small pieces and drop them in the flask one at a time. ...
  5. Watch your lava lamp erupt into activity!
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How do you make an elephant toothpaste volcano?

You only need a few materials to make a foam volcano.
  1. 1/2 cup of liquid hydrogen peroxide.
  2. 10 drops of liquid food coloring.
  3. 1 tablespoon of liquid dish soap.
  4. 1 packet of dry yeast.
  5. A 16-ounce plastic soda or water bottle OR a bucket that size.
  6. A small cup to hold your yeast and at least 3 tablespoons of warm water.
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What happens if you mix baking soda and oil?

The baking soda immediately started making bubbles, but it had a hard time getting past the oil. So instead it created a fizz at the top of the glass very similar to what happens when you pour warm soda on ice.
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What happens when you mix salt and baking soda?

When you mix the baking soda, acidic ingredient, and a liquid together, you'll get bubbles of carbon dioxide gas. Specifically, the baking soda (a base) reacts with the acid to give you carbon dioxide gas, water, and salt.
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Does baking soda fizz in urine?

Baking soda is also called sodium bicarbonate. It reacts with most acids, so the fizzing, if it occurs, is a chemical reaction between the acid in your urine and the baking soda base.
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How do you make a beach volcano?

Make a sand volcano
  1. First, take a beach bucket, any will do (but the taller it is the higher the volcano) and pack sand on top and all around it.
  2. Then shape the top of the volcano into a crater by digging out the sand at the top.
  3. Pour a cup of baking soda through your crater into the bucket beneath.
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How do I make lava slime?

Add 5 ounces of clear glue to a mixing bowl. If you like adding water to your slime, you can add about 4 ounces of water to the glue. Then mix in 1 tablespoon of red liquid watercolors and 1 tablespoon of red glitter. Stir everything well.
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How do you make a salt dough volcano for kids?

Fill the bottle with about 2 tablespoons of baking powder, a squirt of dish soap, and a couple drops of red food coloring. Ensure the bottle is in a shallow container and then pour in about a cup and a half of vinegar and watch as your volcano erupts!
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How do baking soda volcanoes work?

How a Baking Soda and Vinegar Volcano Works. Acetic acid (a weak acid) reacts with and neutralizes sodium bicarbonate (a base). The carbon dioxide that is given off is a gas. Carbon dioxide is responsible for the fizzing and bubbling during the "eruption."
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How do you make a volcano with food coloring?

Instructions
  1. Place a plastic cup in a mound of dirt or rocks.
  2. Fill the cup 2/3 with water.
  3. Add 4-6 tablespoons baking soda.
  4. Add 1-2 oz paint or food coloring, depending on the intensity of the desired color.
  5. Stir well to combine.
  6. Add approx. ...
  7. Enjoy the eruption!
  8. Add another color of paint or food coloring and mix well.
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