AbstractICS17MaroM

Everyone is interested in keeping their children safe. Does washing their clothes with certain chemicals effect their safety? The experiment tested whether or not fabric softener effects the flammability (dependent variable) of materials (independent variable.) The approach that the experiment took was to record the time that it took materials to burn. After that step, the materials were washed with fabric softeners. After that, the time was recorded for the time it took for them to burn after being washed. If a material is treated with fabric softener, then it will burn in a shorter amount of time than an untreated sample of the same material because chemicals within the fabric softener solution will act as a catalyst in terms of flammability.