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yes, the penny will be shiny if you cleaned it with vinegar
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Why garlic in vinegar turns to green?
I turned white vinegar green by putting a 1969 penny in it for two weeks in the refrigerator. It turned green because of the copper in the penny reacting with the vinegar in a process called oxidization. The green was the copper oxide formed when the copper in the penny oxidized in the vinegar.
Why do pennies get shiny after being soaked in vinegar?
Because the chemicals in a penny react with the vinegar
Can a vinegar and kitchup clean a penny?
Vinegar, yes, but not ketchup. Vinegar cleans it because it is an acid. Actually, the best thing to use is cola or lemonade and leave the penny in some cola or lemonade for 48 hours - it normally does the trick!
What will disintegrate faster in vinegar a nail a penny or spoon?
A spoon
Is cleaning a penny with vinegar and salt a physical or chemical change?
It is a chemical reaction and this is the correct way to spell penny!
What cleans a penny better?
Diet Coke cleaned the penny the best beating out White vinegar, rubbing alcohol, and Coke after a 24 your waiting period.
Why can vinegar clean a dirty penny?
Vinegar contains Acetic acid that reacts with the copper in the penny.
What cleans a penny from its rust?
i think the vinegar will un rist a penny
What happens when copper pennies are soaked in vinegar?
The surface of the copper on the pennies are most likely cleaned, because vinegar is too weak of an acid to do anything else. If you were to put a scratched penny into hydrochloric acid would be a different story. The inside zinc of a post 1982 penny would react with the chlorine in the hydrochloric acid and change to an aqueous state, leaving behind the copper plating. So if you want an answer based on vinegar : nothing besides the penny getting its surface cleaned.
How does a penny react when put in vinegar?
The vinegar was so strong that it clean the penny. Vinegar is acedic acid. The penny has oxidized in air and the acid removes the oxidization from the penny, making the copper shiny again.
What cleans a penny better lemon juice or salt and vinegar?
Salt &vinegar
Can vinegar clean an oxidized penny?
Yes.
How does vinegar make a penny shine?
vinegar has an acid in it that dissolves microscopic particles only found on certain matals.
Why garlic in vinegar turns to green?
I turned white vinegar green by putting a 1969 penny in it for two weeks in the refrigerator. It turned green because of the copper in the penny reacting with the vinegar in a process called oxidization. The green was the copper oxide formed when the copper in the penny oxidized in the vinegar.
Why do pennies get shiny after being soaked in vinegar?
Because the chemicals in a penny react with the vinegar
What will a penny do in vinegar after 30 minutes?
If you have any tarnished pennies in your penny jar, you can easily clean them in vinegar. If you leave your pennies in white vinegar and salt for about 30 minutes and they will come out shiny and pretty clean. Be sure to rinse the vinegar off.
What acids can make a rusty penny a shiny penny?
vinegar, cilit bang, coke,
