Saturday, November 5, 2011

Science Experiment 9

Experiment: Shiny Pennies

Materials: Old pennies, bowl, lemon juice, towel

Procedure: Add lemon juice to the bowl. Drop in old pennies. Wait 5-10 minutes. Remove the pennies and use the towel to rub them clean.

Results: The acidic lemon juice removes the oxide from the copper pennies, making them shiny!

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