Note from mom:
I wish we had smell-o-vision. I swear this created a toxic smoke. If you plan on doing this, I would make sure you use an unscented soap and do this in a well-ventilated area. I got the soap from a friend who had done this and she didn't mention the overpowering perfume smell.
This idea of putting Ivory Soap in the microwave is all over Pintrest and like I said my friend did it. I don't know why the soap expands. The post doesn't have a lot of scientific info, so we focused on using the scientific method to guess what would happen, observe, and document.
Also, the author recommends putting this stuff in the microwave for 3 minutes. Do NOT put it in for that long. It only took about 30 seconds for this stuff to get out of control.
Overall, Gabe thought it was pretty cool. We left the house soon afterward to prevent me from getting a massive odor-induced headache. We're using the soap remnants in the shower.
http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2011/11/ivory-soap-explosion.html
1 comment:
Any soap will expand because of its water content, but Ivory expands so much and so rapidly because it is full of air. Ivory is made with lots of tiny trapped air pockets. The air expands when heated in the microwave like the water molecules. So the whole "so pure it floats" logo is of course nonsense. Ivory floats in water because of all the trapped air pockets.
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