Alchemy
Today we did Alchemy experiment it was amazing, because the colour of the coin was changed.It's very cool I like it.
Alchemy 21 September 2018
Aim:
I want to find out how to turn a copper coin into gold.
Equipment:
- Copper coin
- Bunsen burner
- Tripod
- Heat mat
- Gauze mat
- 50ml beaker
- Scissor tongs
- Zinc metal
- Zinc Nitrate solution
Method:
- Put your safety glasses on.
- Set up heating equipment.
- Add 50ml of Zinc Nitrate to the beaker.
- Add the strips of zinc metal into the solution.
- Heat the beaker with a blue flame.
- Once the solution is boiling, add the Copper coin on top of the Zinc.
- Wait for 10mins.
- Using scissor tongs, get the coin and wash it under water.
- Still holding the coin with the scissor tongs, hold the coin in the blue flame.
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