What substance/liquid should we

use to clean?
Marissa Aranas | Steven Saladino, EDU 214 | CSN
Which household liquid would clean a coin the
best?

• My 8-year-old daughter and I did this project because there are a lot of liquids
in our home and we clean a lot. We wanted to know what substance/liquid
would clean the best. So we thought that a coin, which is really dirty, would
be a great way to test in this experiment. The method we used was a variable
that was compared and contrasted. We decided to then leave the coins in for
8hrs, compare each coin and then again at 24hrs. After the 24hrs, we took
each coin out of the liquid, did a quick wipe with some paper towel and
compared and contrasted again.
Background Research/Hypothesis

• Coke contains an acid called phosphoric acid which is the most important
oxygen acid. You can find this also in salts, fertilizers and dental cement.

• Water has chemicals like

• Vinegar and salt mixed together can cause a reaction that will remove the
copper oxide

• Water and baking soda mixed together

Because Coke has a lot of phosphoric acid in it our hypothesis is that we think it
will clean better than the other liquids.
Materials

Materials Quantity
Plastic bowls 4
Papertowel 1
Paper/sticky note 4
Coke 2Tbsp
Vinegar/Pink Salt 1Tbsp/1Tbsp
Water/Baking Soda 1Tbsp/1Tbsp
Water 2Tbsp
Procedure

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4

• Separated • After 8hrs, • Wait 24 • Finally

each liquid compare hours and after 24hrs,
in a bowl each coin see the compare
(vinegar to the results each coin
with pink tarnished again to the dirty
salt, baking coin that coin and
soda has not see which
&water, been coin is the
coke, and used.Place cleanest.
water) and it back in
place one the bowl
coin in
each bowl.
Conclusion

• After 8 hrs, it looked like Coke cleaned the coin the best

• And after a full 24hrs, the vinegar and salt made the coin really shiny and clean

8hrs

24hrs
Data/Observations Data
6

All 4, did not change in 5minutes so

we left it in for 8hrs. There was no
1
change in the water, Coke did
change at 8hrs the best but did not
seem increase in change within 24
hours. Vinegar and salt had the best 0
Coke water baking soda and water vinegar and salt
results.
no clean clean very clean