October 05, 2007 - 9:39 p.m.

Application of KSP theory in daily life- Milo Dinosaur

Just realised that the theory behind making milo dinosaur makes use of the solubilty product theory. Some weeks ago I tried making milo dinosaur at home. I realised that if you just plonk a scoop of milo powder after you made the milo it disappears very quickly before you can put the spoon away and I had to spam alot more condensed milk and milo before I could get a nice lil mound of milo powder that did not dissolve upon added to the milo. A few days ago, I was chatting with someone about milo dinosaur and I suddenly attained enlightenment about the theory being the making of milo dinosaur. xD One has to first make sure the milo solution is saturated with milo, hence upon the addition of more milo powder, the ionic product of the milo powder added is higher than its solubility product, and hence precipitation is observed and the milo stops dissolving and you get this yummy milo mound and hence, milo dinosaur. I'm sure the precipitation concept is correct but I can't be very certain about the method of ionic product- don't think milo is an ionic compound? And it is quite readily soluble in water while the Ksp value only works for sparingly soluble solids. Oh well, it's just my speculation, you can see how bored I am I guess .__.

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