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    How To Make A Penny Essay

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    Pennies gets dirty at times whenever people take them out of their pockets to pay for something. Pennies are exposed to air and lose their shine really quickly. They collect dust‚ dirt and gunk. Most people‚ without paying attention‚ drops their pennies on the floor and become rusty over time. The reason for this is the air and other things that come into contact with this penny. A cleaning solution can be described in chemical formula of Acetic acid‚ a colorless organic compound‚ which has a pH

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    Penny Density Lab

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    in the minting of pennies before and after 1982 by calculating their densities. Hypothesis If the penny was made after 1982 then its density will be higher than those made before 1982. Materials • 1 Graduated cylinder • 30 mL of water • 10 pennies minted before 1982 • 10 pennies minted after 1982 • 1 electric scale Procedure The mass of ten pennies minted before 1982 was calculated five times using the scale and then averaged. These steps were repeated with the pennies minted after 1982

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    Experiment 1: Synthesis of Copper Compounds Introduction This experiment involves the synthesis of compounds originating from pure solid copper. By applying solubility rules and the reactive properties of substances‚ many compounds which would otherwise be costly to extract from nature are able to be synthesized in the laboratory. Laboratory synthesized may sometimes be more economical than natural extraction‚ however it poses its own problems with the amount of substance that is actually yielded

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    to stop minting the penny and to never use it again‚ but others want to keep using the penny and not get rid of it. Some people are fighting to get rid of the penny and these articles may pull people to their side: “Penny Wise‚ or 2.4 Cents Foolish?”(Source 1)‚ “Is the Penny Worth It?”(Source 2)‚ “Give a Penny-Save the Day!”(Source 3)‚ and “The Ever-Changing Penny”(Source 4). Some think the U.S. penny should be discontinued because it takes more than one penny to make a penny‚ it’s not worth much

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    Copper Cycle Lab

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    : The copper cycle IN TRODUCTION The purpose of the experiment is to recognize that change of state‚ change in colour‚ formation of a precipitate‚ or the evolution of heat are associated with a chemical change; to study reactions of copper. Copper is an element that can be found in nature in a variety of different compounds. The most common natural ore is the sulphide‚ known as chalcocite‚ Cu2S. This mineral is an important source of copper metal because it is about 80% copper by weight

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    Jc Penny

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    | JC Penney was once a fashion icon to children‚ young adults‚ and teens. Beginning in 1913 it currently operates over 1000 stores. Growing up my sister and I waited to go through their catalogue. We would circle everything we wanted. We would even get our hair cut the same way some of their models did. I went as far as crimping my hair because the model had her hair crimped. Every summer before school started my Grandma would take us shopping at Penney’s for new school clothes. This company

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    Based on the class data‚ the density of the penny changed dramatically between 1980 and 1985. From 1975 to 1980‚ the penny became 1.40g/mL less dense and from 1980 to 1985‚ the density dropped by 0.626. With this data and the percent composition equation we were able to determine that the second metal in the penny is Zinc with a density of 7.14g/mL. Using scholarly online sources‚ I was able to confirm this data concerning the second metal to be correct. The United States Mint’s website states that

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    Copper Minning in Zambia

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    Copper Mining in Zambia Norman Mulimbwa Shachile WHUT‚ Luoshi Rd.‚ International students building No.8‚ Wuhan‚ 430070‚ PR China Abstract The mining industry has been the economic and social backbone in Zambia since the first major phase of exploitation of the Copperbelt ’s Cu-CO deposits commenced in the early 1930 ’s. Since that time a wide spectrum of other metalliferous and non-metalliferous resources have been discovered in Zambia and although exploitation of these has been limited‚ they

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    “ A penny for your thoughts” is a saying that isn’t commonly used in my generation‚ but the saying might go away because the government is thinking about taking the penny away. Many people believe the penny is worthless and should be removed‚ and they are right. The penny today rarely gets used and costs more to create the penny then its value. Have you ever looked into a wishing well? Well if you have you would have noticed that people only really throw pennies into the well. Many people only

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    Copper Cycle Lab Report

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    The Copper Cycle Alexes Montalvo Chem 1500-10 September 26‚ 2012 The Copper Cycle Introduction: The Copper Cycle is a popular experiment used to determine if an element‚ in this instance‚ copper‚ reverts to its elemental form after a chain of reactions. This experiment is very dangerous because of the reactions between the strong acids and bases. In this experiment I performed a series of reactions starting with

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