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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.
Why can vinegar clean a dirty penny?
Vinegar contains Acetic acid that reacts with the copper in the penny.
How does vinegar make a penny shine?
vinegar has an acid in it that dissolves microscopic particles only found on certain matals.
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 happens when you combine vinegar and salt to clean pennies?
the salt will dissolve in the vinegar and the penny will get really clean well if it dirty
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.
How do you clean a rusty penny?
White vinegar does a fine job.
Why wont soda clean a penny as good as vinegar?
Vinegar is acid.. Soda is sugar and carbonation.
What will happen if you soak the penny to vinegar overnight?
The penny will get clean i did that in science class and in less than 2 minutes the penny became clean
How does vinegar clean pennies?
vinegar is acetic acid so it 'eats' away the coating of the penny cleaning it.
Can 409 clean a penny better than salt and vinegar?
Clean it, to eliminate what? Grease and oil? 409. Cuprous or Cupric Oxide? Salt and vinegar.
What liquids can clean a penny the best?
it's actually vinegar & salt because vinegar is an acid & salt is an abrasive.
