Research Draft

Caloocan National Science and Technology High School

Congressional Road, Bagumbong, Caloocan City

Burned Malunggay (Moringa oleifera) Leaves as a Component

of Ball Pen Inks

Minako de Leon, Mia Alexene Ecube, Mary Rose Granolin

IX-Orion

Mr. Leogiver Manosca

Research Adviser

Title: Burned Malunggay (Moringa oleifera) Leaves as a Component of Ball Pen Inks

Objectives:

1. To determine if Malunggay (Moringa oleifera) leaves have the ability to be a component of ball pen inks.

2. To create a better ball pen ink using Malunggay leaves.

3. To determine whether Malunggay leaves are better components of ball pen inks.

Conceptual Framework:

Characteristics of the Produced Ball Pen Ink

Burned Malunggay Leaves

Hypotheses:

1. Research Hypothesis: The burned Malunggay leaves have an ability to be a component of ball pen inks.

2. Statistical Hypothesis: The burned Malunggay leaves have no ability to be a component of ball pen inks.

Synthesis Matrix

Title: Burned Malunggay (Moringa oleifera) Leaves as a Component of Ball Pen Inks

| Pati | ZipfWorks, Inc. | Gamana |

Malunggay Leaves Components | The iron content of the [Malunggay] leaves is high, and they are reportedly prescribed for anemia in the Philippines.  | Malunggay leaves have 7 times more vitamin C than oranges, 4 times more vitamin A than carrots, 4 times more calcium and 2 times more protein than milk, and 3 times potassium than bananas. | Malunggay is a good source of Vitamins A, B, and C and minerals such as calcium and iron. It is also used to combat malnutrition especially among infants and nursing mothers. |

| Johnson | Cruthers | Kunjappu |

Components of a Ball Pen Ink | An ink's color comes from either a dye, which can dissolve in water, or a pigment, which is water insoluble. The dye eosin lends red ink its color and is made by adding the element bromine to a fluorescent compound. Inks that...