More From This User
Fruit Battery Research
my little brothers
Fruit battery researchBy: Emmanuel Okello
Abstract
What I am going to do in myexperiment is that I will see howcitrus fruit can make a lightbulb/motor work.
Hypothesis
In my science fair project, I will make a fruit battery. Iam going to see how a citrus fruit can make electricity.
Introduction
Chemicalenergy stored in different substances can be converted to electrical energy. Thisability is the foundation of design of all batteries. Each battery has two polesusually made of two different metals. One pole is the positive pole and the other isthe negative pole. Electrons can travel from the negative pole to the positive polevia a conductor such as a wire. A flow of electrons in a conductor is calledelectricity and if large enough, it can be used to make an electro magnet, light up alight bulb, or run an electricmotor. Inside each battery thereare chemicals that cause suchchemical reactions. Thesechemicals in general are calledelectrolytes. This activity willinvestigate whether fruits andfruit juices can be used aselectrolytes to make batteries.Zinc and copper will be used as
the electrodes.The chemistry behind the fruit cell is as follows: zinc is an active metal and willreact readily with an acid. acid's active ingredient is positively-charged hydrogenso a transfer of electrons takes place between the zinc and the acid; the zinc(Zn0) is oxidized to Zn++ and the acid (H+) is reduced to hydrogen gas (H2), which you can see bubbling out around the electrodes.
Materials
•
citrus fruit (e.g., lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit)
•
copper nail, screw or wire (about 2" or 5 cm long)
•
zinc nail or screw or galvanized nail (about 2" or 5 cm long)
•
light bulbs with 2" or 5 cm leads (enough wire to connect it to thenails)
Procedures
1. Set the fruit on a table and gently roll in around to soften it up. Youwant the juice to be flowing inside the fruit without breaking its skin.Alternatively, you can squeeze the fruit with your hands.2. Insert the zinc and copper nails into the fruit so that they are about2" or 5 cm apart. You don't want them to be touching each other. Avoidpuncturing through the end of the fruit.3. Remove enough insulation from the leads of the light (about 1") sothat you can wrap one lead around the zinc nail and one lead around the
of 00
Fruit Battery Research
my little brothers
7,016 Reads
Info and Rating
| Category: | |
| Rating: | |
| Upload Date: | 12/02/2009 |
| Copyright: | Attribution Non-commercial |
| Tags: |
Leave a Comment