The Jedi had been reading his assignments for his upcoming science lab at the local University and in the text he found a little science project. Since we had all of the materials, we decided to give it a try.
The experiment...
The experiment: Will ketchup clean a penny?
The hypothesis? The acids found in the ketchup will clean the penny and make it shine like new.
The results?
Well, let's just say I won't be filling my bleaching trays with ketchup anytime soon!
The Jedi's hands actually absorbed the ketchup. As you can imagine, he smelled like ketchup for at least two hours despite frequent hand washing. All I can say is, "Yes, I would like fries with that."
Ta Da!!! Not all that impressive really. You can't tell from the picture, but it's a teeny tiny bit cleaner, really, it is.
When attempting to determine WHY (pray tell) the ketchup didn't do that well cleaning, these ideas came to mind:
Ketchup is a very mild acid so maybe it needed to soak overnight? (We rubbed it for 15 minutes)
Maybe it was our type of ketchup. Perhaps the absence of High Fructose Corn Syrup made a difference...after all, they use acid to make HFCS.
Maybe we had a really dirty penny?
Maybe it wasn't dirt on the penny?
The Jedi wanted to explore this further by trying hot sauce, but after the affects on his hands from the ketchup, I said no way!
The experiment...
The experiment: Will ketchup clean a penny?
The hypothesis? The acids found in the ketchup will clean the penny and make it shine like new.
The results?
Well, let's just say I won't be filling my bleaching trays with ketchup anytime soon!
The Jedi's hands actually absorbed the ketchup. As you can imagine, he smelled like ketchup for at least two hours despite frequent hand washing. All I can say is, "Yes, I would like fries with that."
Ta Da!!! Not all that impressive really. You can't tell from the picture, but it's a teeny tiny bit cleaner, really, it is. When attempting to determine WHY (pray tell) the ketchup didn't do that well cleaning, these ideas came to mind:
Ketchup is a very mild acid so maybe it needed to soak overnight? (We rubbed it for 15 minutes)
Maybe it was our type of ketchup. Perhaps the absence of High Fructose Corn Syrup made a difference...after all, they use acid to make HFCS.
Maybe we had a really dirty penny?
Maybe it wasn't dirt on the penny?
The Jedi wanted to explore this further by trying hot sauce, but after the affects on his hands from the ketchup, I said no way!
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