Activity 1 1/13/11 Surface Chemical Make-up

What are the chemicals and their structures that make up cardboard?

http://www.antiquemodeler.org/sam_new/covering/why_does_tissue_shrink.htm

                Cardboard is a heavy-duty paper. Paper is made from cellulose molecules. Coated paper has a thin layer of calcium carbonate. It is made from (carbon-6 hydrogen-10 Oxygen-5)n.

What are the chemicals and their structures that make up Styrofoam?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_hydrocarbon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styrene

              Made from the aromatic monomer styrene; a cyclic hyrdogencarbon. C₆H₅CH=CH₂. Molecular Formula is C₈H₈

What are the chemicals and their structures that make up waxes?

                Beeswax has a chemical compound of C₁₅H₃₁COOC₃₀H₆₁

Explain why water is attracted to cardboard and not Styrofoam.
                   Cardboard is made of OH bonds, which attracts to the H2O bonds. Styrofoam is made up of polystyrene and that wicks the H20 away. Styrofoam has no change in certain molecules which makes it not attracted to H20.