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  2. Lemon battery - Wikipedia

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    The zinc is oxidized inside the lemon, exchanging some of its electrons with the acid in order to reach a lower energy state, and the energy released provides the power. [4] In current practice, zinc is produced by electrowinning of zinc sulfate or pyrometallurgical reduction of zinc with carbon, which requires an energy input. The energy ...

  3. Zinc sulfate - Wikipedia

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    Zinc sulfate is used to supply zinc in animal feeds, fertilizers, toothpaste, and agricultural sprays. Zinc sulfate, [6] like many zinc compounds, can be used to control moss growth on roofs. [7] Zinc sulfate can be used to supplement zinc in the brewing process. Zinc is a necessary nutrient for optimal yeast health and performance, although it ...

  4. Chemical garden - Wikipedia

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    A chemical garden is a set of complex biological-looking structures created by mixing inorganic chemicals. This experiment in chemistry is usually performed by adding metal salts, such as copper sulfate or cobalt (II) chloride, to an aqueous solution of sodium silicate (otherwise known as waterglass). This results in the growth of plant-like ...

  5. Chemistry set - Wikipedia

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    Chemistry sets may have been the first American toys marketed toward parents with the goal of "improving" children for success in later life. [10] The target market for chemistry sets was almost exclusively boys, deemed "young men of science." However, during the 1950s, Gilbert introduced a set targeting girls.

  6. Self-heating food packaging - Wikipedia

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    The resulting reaction releases heat and thus warms the beverage which it is surrounding. [1] The heating agent and responsible reaction vary from product to product. Calcium oxide is used in the following reaction: CaO(s)+ H 2 O(l) → Ca(OH) 2 (s) Copper sulphate and powdered zinc can also be used, but this process is less efficient:

  7. Daniell cell - Wikipedia

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    The Daniell cell is a type of electrochemical cell invented in 1836 by John Frederic Daniell, a British chemist and meteorologist, and consists of a copper pot filled with a copper (II) sulfate solution, in which is immersed an unglazed earthenware container filled with sulfuric acid and a zinc electrode. He was searching for a way to eliminate ...

  8. Metal ions in aqueous solution - Wikipedia

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    A metal ion in aqueous solution or aqua ion is a cation, dissolved in water, of chemical formula [M (H 2 O) n] z+. The solvation number, n, determined by a variety of experimental methods is 4 for Li + and Be 2+ and 6 for most elements in periods 3 and 4 of the periodic table. Lanthanide and actinide aqua ions have higher solvation numbers ...

  9. Half-reaction - Wikipedia

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    Half-reaction. In chemistry, a half reaction (or half-cell reaction) is either the oxidation or reduction reaction component of a redox reaction. A half reaction is obtained by considering the change in oxidation states of individual substances involved in the redox reaction. Often, the concept of half reactions is used to describe what occurs ...