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Vegetable Battery Experiment

March 6, 2022 by ScienceProjects

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1. Vegetable Battery Experiment Project
1.1. Objective
1.2. Material required
1.3. Vegetable Battery Procedure
1.4. Science behind it
1.5. Conclusion

Vegetable Battery Experiment Project

Vegetable Battery Experiment

Objective

In this experiment, we will learn how we can develop a vegetable battery at home. You may take any fruit or vegetable with high quantities of superconducting ions, such as potassium or sodium. We have chosen potato as it is most popular as is used to make an electric vegetable cell. Let us now have a look at the material which we required to make a vegetable battery.

Material required

● huge potatoes that have been carefully cleaned t
● copper wires of high grade – 20 cm
● nails made of galvanized
● nails made of copper
● alligator clips
● a coin of copper

Vegetable Battery Procedure

Step 1 Gather the supplies you’ll need. Mention above.

Standard nails with a zinc coating are known as galvanized nails. They are readily available at any local hardware store.
Because the experiment relies on the fluid within the potato, use fresh potatoes.

Step 2 Apply galvanized nails to the potato’s middle. Push the nail all the way through the potato until it reaches the other side. It’s fine if you push it all the way in and then pull it out the other end. The potato will release some liquid at this point, which is good.
To avoid getting potato liquid all over your work area, cover it with plastic or newspaper.

Step 3 Place a copper coin about an inch away from the galvanized nail in the potato. With the copper coin, repeat the previous process. Make sure the nails aren’t contacting the potato’s inside. If the copper con and your nail come in contact with each other then your circuit will not work as a result does not produce any voltage. The distance does not need to be perfect but your measuring should be around 1 inch.

Step 4 Connect a voltmeter lead to a clip and a copper coin. There should be a black and a red lead on the voltmeter. Using alligator clips, clip the copper coin to the voltmeter’s red lead. Instead of black and red, some voltmeters include black and yellow leads. In this scenario, the yellow lead should be used for this step.

Step 5 The black lead of the voltmeter should be attached to the galvanized nail.

Step 6 Check the voltmeter’s readings. On the voltmeter, you should see a modest rise in voltage. In the case you are having negative reading on the voltmeter then you need to replace the leads on the voltmeter and after the step, your reading will turn into a positive reading. If you got very less reading then you may place cons nearer to nail. just Make sure they aren’t contacting the potatoes inside once more.

Science behind it

Let us now have a look at the science behind the process which we have discussed. Zinc ions on the galvanized nails start reacting with the copper ions of the copper coin which we have inserted near the galvanized nails. Electrons must flow through a copper wire to react since the nail and coin are not touching each other. The electrons’ mobility produces electricity, which travels and creates on the circuit. So when were you bring a potato at home you can visit this site and have you experiment.

Conclusion

Finally, we have made up a vegetable battery using potato you may use and check other vegetables the process will same only. There can be any fruits if you want to make a fruit battery instead of vegetables.

We hope you enjoyed the Vegetable Battery experiment and have performed them at home with your family members.

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