Home Chemistry 7 – Reactions of metals with White Vinegar

Further to my previous experiment. Yesterday I added Magnesium Ribbon to some White Vinegar.

The video doesn't seem as good, part the issue is the light the other issue is the bubbles of Hydrogen produced do get in the way a little.

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Home Chemistry 6 – Reactions of metals with Citric Acid

So while I wait for delivery of some more indicator paper. I am going to take a look at how Magnesium reacts with Citric Acid.

Firstly as indicated in a Previous post it is important to ensure the Magnesium metal is clean and free of tarnish. This will aid the reaction by exposing a greater surface area of the metal.

I will be using the same equipment as before,

As well as Citric Acid, which is shown here along side Bicarbonate of soda.

I decided to use a conical flash instead of a test tube and this makde it a little easier to observe the reaction.

I added some Citric Acid powder to the flask, added about 50ml water to dissolve the acid then added one piece of Magnesium ribbon, approx 1” long to the solution.

Took a few mins to get going, once the remaining tarnish had gone, the reaction speeded up.

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Home Chemistry 2 – Magnesium

In an effort to help improve reactions of the Magnesium ribbon I have at home, I tried cleaning one piece with a sanding block, and a cleaning block used for cleaning vero / stripboards before soldering. I got some advice from Science Forums on this.

The result of can be seen in the photo below, so I have two pieces here for comparison. The difference is clear.

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