Introduction
Hand Warmers are little heat producing packets that you hold in your hand to warm up your figures I picked hand warmers because they have definitely saved my fingers more than once from getting frost bite at a football game or deep in the woods.
Composition of ...
Main Chemicals, Compounds, Components
Hand warmers work as good as they do because of all the chemicals within all have a certain job, For example:
Chemistry's Role
The heat given off by an air activated Hand warmer is caused by a chemical reaction . The iron within the hand warmer mixes with the oxygen in the air and oxides, because it gives off heat when it reacts the process is known as an exothermic oxidation.4Fe(s)+302(g)-> 2Fe203(s)
Background Research
The disposable hand warmer was invented in 1981 by Japan’s MyCoal Corporation which was then passed to their associate MyCoal USA.
Resources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_warmer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activated_carbon
http://webmineral.com/data/Vermiculite.shtml
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1903778
http://www.skinet.com/skiing/articles/how-hand-warmers-are-made
http://homechemistry.blogspot.com/2008/03/hand-warmers.html
About the Author
Garett Masin is a junior at Billings Senior High enrolled in Mr.Beals Chemistry class who enjoys drumming, outdoor activities, writing bios about himself and using heavy sarcasm about enjoying writing bios about himself.