A Penny For Your Thought Everyone at least once in their life has heard the rhyme‚ “Pick a penny up and all day long you’ll have good luck.” What if I told you that the fun rhyme you have heard since you were a child is more of a lie than you would think. In reality to see a penny and pick it up is more of a burden than a way to grant you good luck for the rest of the day. If anything the penny should be a symbol of bad luck. The United States should simply eliminate their penny because it costs
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The discovery of copper does not have an exact date. Copper is said to be a prehistoric element. This element was said to be first discovered around 8000BC. The ancient civilizations started to take the copper out of the ore they found around 4000BC. This is when copper started to be put to good use. Early civilizations discovered that copper is malleable and is sharp. They realized they could make copper into tools and weapons. This was easier than the stone that they were originally using. This
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The Penny Press was developed during a very dynamic and colorful period in American history. In the early 1800s‚ newspapers were biased and controlled by political parties that only reported on political news. Social‚ economic‚political and cultural conditions created a new form of journalism which began during the penny press. For once readers were able to read a newspaper and not just view it. This new press refelcted the new politics going on in America. Many historians believed that the nations
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Elemental Copper from Copper (II) Nitrate Objectives: Students should be able to… recognize evidence(s) of a chemical change convert word equations into formula equations perform a series of chemical reactions in order to recycle the element copper determine the percent recovery of elemental copper Challenge: How good and accurate a chemist are you? Given a solution of Cu(NO3)2‚ what percentage of elemental copper can you recover from the original solution? Materials: 1 M copper (II)
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Part 1: 1.) To determine the density and composition of a penny it must be first weighed on a scale. Find the average mass of multiple pennies from the same year. After weighing it find the volume by placing the pennies into a 50 ml beaker with 15 ml of water. Note the change in volume to obtain the volume of the pennies‚ obtain the average volume‚ and then calculate the density by dividing the mass of the penny by the volume. 2.) To keep measurements accurate and precise test multiple pennies from
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A COMPARISON OF ALUMINUM VS. COPPER AS USED IN ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT Larry Pryor‚ P.E. – Sr. Specification Engineer‚ GE Consumer & Industrial Rick Schlobohm‚ P.E. – Sr. Specification Engineer‚ GE Consumer & Industrial Bill Brownell‚ P.E – Specification Engineer‚ GE Consumer & Industrial ABSTRACT The debate over the pros and cons of aluminum vs. copper conductors has been discussed for many years. Many of the concerns are based on old information and also misinformation. These concerns center on the
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Copper sulphate experiment Introduction There are a number of different methods of making salts‚ such as the reaction of a metal with an acid. Copper metal‚ however‚ does not react with sulphuric acid and so another method must be used. In this experiment a basic copper compound (copper(II) oxide) will be reacted with sulphuric acid giving copper(II) sulphate as one of the products. Method 1. Wear goggles and keep your face away from the beaker during the reaction 2. Place 20 cmm3 sulphuric
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1857‚ the penny has been changed about ten times! It used to be larger than today’s quarter‚ says “The Ever-Changing Penny.” Though people have worked hard to get the penny the way it is today‚ it might be time to disscard the penny. The penny cost a lot more than it is worth‚ it is way too heavy to carry around‚ it would create a great rounding system‚ and without it‚ we can save time and money. It is a big waste to have. We should follow in Canadas footsteps and get rid of it. The penny is the coin
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Copper Sun By: Sharon Draper The novel Copper Sun is a searing work of historical fiction and is action-packed‚ multifaceted‚ and character-rich. It describes a young girl’s life that was stolen from her village‚ sold to the highest bidder‚ enslaved‚ beaten‚ and mistreated. It expresses the different emotions that were felt as the girl went through her long and tiresome journey. Throughout‚ the young girl named Amaris journey‚ she encountered several different characters with similar but different
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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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