Global Warming: What are Street Sponges? - Environmental Sciences Fair Project

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Title: What are Street Sponges? An invention that will help ordinary streets turn into CO2-soaking sponges.

Subject: Environmental Sciences

Grade level: Elementary School - Grade 6

Academic Level: Advanced

Project Type: Experimental

Cost: Low

Awards: 1st place, Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (2008)

Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (VSF)

Year: 2008

Description: Warning: in this experiment are involved some dangerous materials
The purpose of this project is to discover a material when added to asphalt removes CO2 vehicle exhaust from the streets. It was tested whether NaOH (caustic soda) reacts with CO2, what are the reaction products and whether CO2 emissions are absorbed from the road.

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