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Specialty Chemistry Forums => Citizen Chemist => Topic started by: Ketsueki on May 02, 2017, 01:06:13 PM
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electrolysis but i had no (NaCl) table salt on hand. So i used (C4H6O5) malic acid instead. I used a copper wire electrode for one end and a zinc coated iron nail for the other and added some 3 percent hydrogen peroxide part way through. I ran some current through and the solution turned light yellow. when i disconnected the power the zinc coated iron nail continued to bubble with no power as if dissolving . if anyone knows what this solution could be please post and tell me and thank you.
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Have you tried to put zinc in the malic acid solution without adding current?
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The thin zinc coating got near instantly removed after adding current the iron under was bubbling i will take another nail and remove the zinc coating making the solution again to see if it bubbles.
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Put the coated nail in the acid and just wait observing what is happening.
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Oh I did put it in the solution after with no current bubbling occured
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Great. Now, you have a stack of observations: what you did, and what you saw. Put them in a list or a table, and begin to build something you can use to understand.
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You know something happens when zinc is put in malic acid, twice. You also performed electrolysis, what does that usually do? And you added peroxide -- which is that to react with? Excess starting material, reaction 1, reaction 2? Nothing? Everything?