Our lead wheel weight educational awareness hypothesis is:
"If the public becomes more aware of the environmental dangers of
lead wheel weights and is given alternative wheel balancing choices then
there will be a decrease in lead entering the environment." TEAM DEAD WEIGHT


Our team lead wheel weight experimental hypothesis is:
"If lead wheel weights are exposed to natural environmental conditions
then soluble hazardous lead compounds will be formed.”


Team Dead Weight 
Collection Site Cookson Home Room #1
Collection Town West Branch, Iowa
Collection Date/Time 12/15/2008  4:00 p.m. analyzed
Sample Description Control and sample solutions to be rotated or shaken 02/01/29 to
2/2/2006
Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time Total time rotated Total time in solution Weight before rotation (g) Weight ater rotation (g) Weight Total Lead Concentration
Bottle # Description Weight Added Rotation Started Rotation Stopped Weight Removed Loss/Gain µg/Liter Note
1-4 Distilled H20 Control 01/02/09 01/02/09 14:10 01/03/09 8:10 18:00 N/A N/A < 1.0
1-5 Rainwater Control 01/02/09 01/02/09 14:10 01/03/09 8:10 18:00 N/A N/A 2 1
1-6 Dilute Vinegar Solution Control* 12/31/08 12/31/08 16:00 01/01/09 10:00 18:00 N/A N/A 22 1
1-7 Salt/sand control with Rain H20 12/31/08 12/31/08 16:00 01/01/09 10:00 18:00 N/A N/A 6
1-8 Rainwater with Lead wheel weight (w.w.) 01/02/09 14:07 01/02/09 14:10 01/03/09 8:10 01/03/09 8:23 18:00 18:16 14.3051 14.3019 -0.0032 189 1
1-9 Distilled H20 with Lead w.w. 01/02/09 14:07 01/02/09 14:10 01/03/09 8:10 01/03/09 8:24 18:00 18:17 14.3688 14.3668 -0.002 856 1
1-10 Dilute Vinegar Solution with Lead w.w. 01/02/09 14:07 01/02/09 14:10 01/03/09 8:10 01/03/09 8:25 18:00 18:18 14.3231 14.0159 -0.3072 385,000[1] 1
1-11 Distilled H20 with Steel w.w. 12/31/08 15:57 12/31/08 16:00 01/01/09 10:00 01/01/09 10:33 18:00 18:36 6.9484 6.9469 -0.0015 50
1-13 Dilute Vinegar Solution with Steel w.w. 12/31/08 15:57 12/31/08 16:00 01/01/09 10:00 01/01/09 10:35 18:00 18:38 6.8802 6.8578 -0.0224 37
1-14 Rainwater with Steel w.w. 12/31/08 15:57 12/31/08 16:00 01/01/09 10:00 01/01/09 10:35 18:00 18:38 7.0089 7.0077 -0.0012 4
1-18 Salt/sand /Rain H20 with Lead w.w. 01/02/09 14:07 01/02/09 14:10 01/03/09 8:10 01/03/09 8:27 18:00 18:20 14.3617 14.149 -0.2127 2190 1, 3
1-982 Salt/sand /Rain H20 with Steel w.w.[2] 12/31/08 15:57 12/31/08 16:00 01/01/09 10:00 01/01/09 10:40 18:00 18:43 7.0428 7.0177 -0.0251 3 2
*Dilute vinegar solution made with 56.3 mL white table vinegar and 443.3 ml distilled H20 - pH = 2.9-3
Note 1 Slight leakage from bottle during rotation
Note 2 Due to turbity, solution decanted into another clean bottle in order to locate and remove weight 
Note 3 Due to turbity, weight located and removed with steel forceps

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