How Fast do Gel Coated Medicines Dissolve In Stomach Acid?
Human Health and Behavior
Bryn Sautter
Sophia Richardson
- Grade:
- 6
- Teacher:
- Debbie Fitzpatrick
Our project is about different brands of pills in stomach acid and how fast they dissolve. We used hydrochloric acid to make the simulated stomach acid will distilled water, we used 10 mL of hydrochloric acid and 90 mL of distilled water. We collected our data and put it on a graph that also has observations about the different outcomes of the pills, and what they looked like.
Congratulations on this practical project. Your project shows how pill coatings affect dissolution rates in simulated stomach acid. Rapid-release Tylenol dissolved quickly, while thicker gel coatings like Day/NyQuil dissolved more slowly, underscoring the importance of formulation. Further research could test more medications and delivery designs. Science looks forward to your future experiments. Wishing you the best in your research and exploration.
Great experiment investigating how different gel-covered medicines dissolve in simulated stomach acid. I especially liked how you tested several types of capsules and carefully recorded the dissolving times and observations. Your data table clearly showed that Rapid Release Tylenol dissolved the fastest, which supported your hypothesis. This project connects science to real-world medicine in an interesting way.