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Cassava Starch As An Effective Component For Ideal Biodegradable Plastic
Cassava Starch As An Effective Component For Ideal Biodegradable Plastic
Material:
For this experiment we use:
• A fresh potato
• Copper Electrode
• Zinc Electrode
• A Digital or Analog Multimeter to
measure Voltage or Current of
produced electricity.
• Alligator clips/ Leads
Procedure:
We insert copper and zinc electrodes in to the potato, close but not touching each other.
We use Clip leads to connect our electrodes to the Multimeter to measure voltage
between two electrodes or current passing through the multimeter. For this experiment
we removed the shell of a broken AA battery for our Zinc electrode. (Make sure to test
your multimeter by connecting it's Positive and Negative wires to each other that should
show no current and no voltage).
Group 3
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Make Electricity from fruits
(Complete kit available at www.MiniScience.com)
Introduction:
This project is one of the most famous electricity projects that can be
performed successfully by most students in the age of 10 to 16. Since the
same method is used to get energy from many fruits and chemicals, this
project has many names. Following are some of the other names or titles
for this project:
Procedure:
Making electricity from chemicals is based on the same scientific
principles on which all modern batteries work. You insert copper and zinc
electrodes in an acidic liquid and produce some electricity from the
chemical reaction between your electrodes and electrolyte. The electricity
produced in this way can be displayed with a multi-meter that can show
millivolts. It may also be able to power up a 1.2 Volts light bulb. Making
electricity experiment can be used for many different science projects.
Following are some additional research that you can perform in relation to
making electricity from fruits and chemicals.