Science Experiment

This Friday in Science we did another amazing experiment It's called the Alchemy. But before we do the experiment our teacher said we need to put our safety goggles first and get all the equipment. About two minutes later we finish preparing the things that we need so we started doing the experiment. The experiment went well because the copper coin that we put in the beaker turn into some color of gold/silver. You always have to put your safety google on when you're doing this experiment because if you forget to wear your safety goggles your eye will get damaged by the fire. 

Alchemy

 

I was aiming 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:

1. Put your safety glasses on.
2. Set up heating equipment.
3. Add 50ml of Zinc Nitrate to the beaker.
4. Add the strips of zinc metal into the solution.
5. Heat the beaker with a blue flame.
6. Once the solution is boiling, add the Copper coin on top of the Zinc.
7. Wait for 10mins.
8. Using scissor tongs, get the coin and wash it under water.
9. Still holding the coin with the scissor tongs, hold the coin in the blue flame.