Scribd
Upload
117 views7 pages

A Cleaning Coin Extravaganza by Madison Russell 1

Madison Russell conducted an experiment to determine the best way to clean dirty coins. Madison hypothesized that soaking coins in ketchup would be most effective due to ketchup's vinegar, salt, and acidic tomato content. Materials used included old pennies, cups, labels, tweezers, and liquids like coke, ketchup, water, vinegar, and apple juice. Coins were soaked for 10 minutes then evaluated on a cleanliness scale. The results showed that ketchup cleaned the coins the best, supporting Madison's hypothesis. Madison was surprised by apple juice's effectiveness and plans to experiment with other cleaning liquids in the future.

Uploaded by

api-597042287
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
117 views7 pages

A Cleaning Coin Extravaganza by Madison Russell 1

Madison Russell conducted an experiment to determine the best way to clean dirty coins. Madison hypothesized that soaking coins in ketchup would be most effective due to ketchup's vinegar, salt, and acidic tomato content. Materials used included old pennies, cups, labels, tweezers, and liquids like coke, ketchup, water, vinegar, and apple juice. Coins were soaked for 10 minutes then evaluated on a cleanliness scale. The results showed that ketchup cleaned the coins the best, supporting Madison's hypothesis. Madison was surprised by apple juice's effectiveness and plans to experiment with other cleaning liquids in the future.

Uploaded by

api-597042287
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 7

A Cleaning Coin

Extravaganza!!
From ketchup to vinegar, we can test
what truly cleans those old coins deep
in our wallets…
An experiment by
Madison Russell
I have to ask…
-What makes coins get so dirty?

-What is the best way to clean


those coins?

2
My Hypothesis

Out of all of the liquids I will be


testing to see what cleans the coins
the best, I think that the coin
emerged into the ketchup will come
out cleanest. I think this because of
the ingredients of the ketchup. It
has vinegar and salt and also
tomatoes which are pretty acidic. I
think all those factors will assist in
cleaning the coins.

3
MAterials! Materials! Materials!

- 4 Tablespoon Coke fffff


- 4 Tablespoon Ketchupf
- 4 Tablespoon Water ffff
- 4 Tablespoon Vinegar ff
- 4 Tablespoon Apple Juice f

- 5 old copper pennies fff


- 5 cups ffffffffffffffffffffffff
- 5 paper labels fffffffffffff
- Pen fffffffffffffffffffffffffff
- Tweezers and/or gloves

4
Procedures

1. Prepare and label the cups with the designated liquid


2. Put an old coin in each cup and wait 10 minutes
3. After those 10 minutes, use the tweezers to take out coins and place on
a kitchen towel or napkin.
4. Now, wipe the coins dry
5. Evaluate which coin(s) were the cleanest and place on data table
6. Conclude with final statement and observations

5
And The Results!

1 2 3 4 5

Coke

Vinegar

Water

Apple Juice

Ketchup

Key: Scale of Cleanliness


from 1-5 ; 1 being not so clean
to 5 being very clean

6
In Conclusion…
This was such an interesting experiment to complete.
Through the preparation, I was able to come up with my
hypothesis and even ask my family members around me what
they think would happen. While the general results I
concluded can be put up to opinion, I concluded that I was
correct in my hypothesis. After 10 minutes, the ketchup did
the best job of cleaning the coins. A big part of this is the
ingredients within ketchup and its acidicness. I was surprised
to see how well the apple juice did, and I also saw it
includes malic acid and ascorbic acid.

I am curious in the future to possibly experiment with other


liquids and even a mix of the ones I used here.

You might also like