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DOES THE PH

OF CERTAIN
FRUITS
DETERMINE
THEIR
PRODUCTION
OF
ELECTRICITY
BACKGROUND
RESEARCH
 pH is the power of hydrogen, meaning how acidic or basic a
substance (especially a liquid) is. It is demonstrated in a
scale called the pH scale which ranges from 0 to 14. The
lowest substance with the lowest pH is battery acid.
Batteries are devices used to store energy. Batteries are of
two types: wet cells and dry cells. Wet cells include lead
acid car batteries and dry cells include the standard alkaline
battery. Batteries are mainly made of three parts, the anode,
the cathode, and the electrolyte. To conduct electricity,
batteries use two metals, like zinc and carbon in alkaline
batteries or two lead plates in a lead acid battery. The anode
is the zinc layer in a dry cell and a lead plate in a wet cell.
The cathode is the carbon rod in a dry cell and another lead
plate in a wet cell. And the electrolyte is the chemical paste
in a dry cell and the acid in a wet cell. To conduct
electricity, batteries work on two principles: oxidation and
reduction. When you plug a wire between the negative and
positive terminals, the anode oxidizes, or loses electrons,
which pass through the cathode where electricity is
conducted and are gained by the ions in the electrolyte, in a
process called reduction. When put an electrical appliance
in the wire, it gains energy.
 Some fruits, including lemon, potato and orange, work just
like batteries. By plugging metals like zinc in one end and
nickel in another and plugging a wire between them,
electricity can be produced
HYPOTHESIS
Because battery acid has the lowest
pH, the fruit with the lowest pH then
must be producing more electricity
than the others
MATERIALS

 Lemon
 Potato
 Orange
 Eggplant
 Tomato
 Cucumber
 Banana
 Copper nail
 Zinc nail
 Wattmeter
 Wires
EXPERIMENT
1. Test for the pH of each fruit
2. Test for the production of
electricity of each for each fruit
using the wattmeter
3. Record the rr
CONCLUSION

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