TheIllinoisJuniorAcademyofScience
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CATEGORY
EnvironmentalScience
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SCHOOL
NilesNorthHighSchool
IJASSCHOOL#
6038
CITY/ZIP
Skokie,IL60076
SCHOOLPHONE#
8476262256
SPONSOR
ChristineCamel
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EXPERIMENTALINVESTIGATION
DESIGNINVESTIGATION
NAMEOFSCIENTIST*
ZacharyLuna
GRADE
12
NAMEOFSCIENTIST
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NAMEOFSCIENTIST
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PROJECTTITLE
TheEffectofDifferentSolutionsofNitrogenonMicrobeInducedOil
DegradationinLakeMichigan
Purpose:Thepurposeofthislaboratoryexperimentistolearnabouttheconditionsthatwouldcauseoil
eatingbacterialocaltoLakeMichigantomultiply.Thegreatertheabundanceoftheoileatingbacteriathe
moreoilthebacteriawillbeabletoingest.Sincethesemicrobesareverysensitivetotheenvironmentthey
livein,testswouldbeusedtoseeifconditionslikewarmtemperaturesandincreasednitrogencancause
theseoileatingbacteriatomultiply.Testswillbeperformedonoillacedsoilsamplesderivedfromthe
MidwestnearLakeMichigan.
Procedure:ThisprocedureinvolvedcalculatingtheabsorbancelevelswithaSpectrophotometerof
contaminatedsoilsamplesascomparedtothesamplesafteroildegradingmicrobeswereintroducedwith
outsidevariables.Thesevariableswereappliedeitherbybeingmixedintothesamplesorsimplysprinkledon
top.ThevariablesintroducedincludeStrontiumNitrate,UreaandAmmoniumHydroxide.Theoilcontents
inpercentagebasedoffoftheabsorbanceforeachsampleafter7dayswasthencomparedtotheoriginaloil
contentspercentage.
Conclusion:
Overall,thedatadidsupportthehypothesis.AmmoniumHydroxidewasseenasthemosteffective
agentforaidingthemicrobesoilconsumption.Thissolutionwasthemosteffectivewhenitwasappliedbybeing
mixedintothegravelorsimplyplacedonthetop.TheamountofAmmoniumHydroxideusedwasalsocorrelated
totheamountorUreaandStrontiumnitratebypriceondosage.Eachdoseaddedtothesamplesfromeachsolution
costed.0078cents.ThismeansthatalthoughAmmoniumHydroxideisthemostexpensiveproductbeingabout
717$perton,itisstillthemoreeffectivesolutionforthemicrobesefficiencyevenifitisusedinlesseramounts.
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