A Penny Saved Is Two Pennies Wasted The United States of America‚ despite its relatively short life‚ is immersed in tradition. While some of these traditions are well-known and apparent‚ others are less obvious. The penny‚ our little copper one-cent piece littering change jars from coast to coast‚ is a tradition that‚ while seemingly harmless‚ is a great burden to our country. Due to the lost profits in the creation of today’s one-cent piece and using the models of previous successful countries
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Percent Composition of a Penny Background Information: Post-1983 pennies have a copper jacket and a zinc core. We hope to determine the percent composition of these two metals. This will be done by reacting the zinc with hydrochloric acid to form zinc ions in a single replacement reaction. The acid reacts with the zinc but not copper. The reaction of zinc metal with the hydrochloric acid (HCl) produces zinc chloride and hydrogen gas. Safety: Wear your safety goggles and apron If you spill Hydrochloric
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Percent Mass of Copper in a Penny Introduction The purpose of this lab is to determine the percent mass of Cu in a penny and see if the fabricator that makes the planchets for the government is using the correct amounts of Cu in the pennies. The composition of a standard penny is 97.5% Zn and 2.5% Cu. In the lab we will be using Beer’s Law (A=elc+b where A is solution absorbance‚ e is a constant called molar absorbency‚ l is the length in cm‚ and c is the concentration). Using Beer’s Law in this
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Formula and Percent Composition of the Compound Magnesium Oxide (MgO) Nice sounding title Date Performed Lab: 8/31/06 Purpose: The purpose of this lab was to confirm the chemical formula of magnesium oxide by comparing the masses of pure magnesium solid prior to any reaction and magnesium oxide solid after a reaction between all of the magnesium and oxygen from the air when heated from a Bunsen burner in a crucible. Using molar masses of both magnesium and oxygen‚ an expected percent composition
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April 10‚ 2013 The Penny The use of pennies is steadily declining. Most people don’t even keep track of the amount of coins they have‚ so it’s more than likely that they’ll think it’s useless‚ and dispose of it. People would throw away the pennies they have‚ without a second glance. Bit if we all save up our loose change‚ there’s a chance we’d be able to save up to hundreds‚ or possibly even millions of pennies. Pennies are valuable to some people‚ for example‚ coin manufactures (Source
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Whether made in business‚ politics‚ science‚ or sports‚ most decisions are judged as either right or wrong‚ ethical or unethical. Regardless of what an individual believes about a particular action‚ if society judges it to be unethical or wrong‚ whether correctly or not‚ that judgment directly affects the organization’s ability to achieve its business goals. For this reason alone‚ it is important to understand business ethics and recognize ethical issues. social responsibility‚ an organization’s
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experiment was performed in order to determine the molarity of a solution and the percent by mass of acetic acid‚ CH3COOH in vinegar. Acetic acid is monoprotic and belongs to the carboxyl family of organic compounds. The titration method is used to neutralize the acids by using the standardized sodium hydroxide solution. It reacts with bases which is sodium hydroxide‚ NaOH to form salt and water. The equivalence point of this neutralization reaction can be determined using a chemical indicator to signal
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pockets or purses for a few pennies? All they have is just unwanted weight to their pockets and purses. Few people now a days still bend down to pick up a penny off the sidewalk. Whether its the superstions of “luck” or just another penny to add into their collection. Only traditions explain our stubborn attachment to our pennies. However‚ pennies should not be abolished‚ they are beneficial to us in every days life. For example‚ people who have thousands of pennies saved up from over the years
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Formal Percent Composition Lab Report Percent Composition is the composition of space given as a percentage. This is the percent composition formula‚ that would help us solve our experiment. Percent composition is important because it shows how much a certain substance is comprised of one component or other Percent composition is used in our everyday life’s. For example if you want to measure how much sugar you have ate. Or how much calories have you gained. Or just how we did in our
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“A penny saved is a penny earned” (Benjamin Franklin). In The United States virtually anyone can find a symbolic reminder of why the nation has flourished the way it has and why it continues. The pride that a usual American holds within themselves is the reason why the The United States continues to flourished rather then to terminate all the advancements. The smelly‚ bent‚ copper penny is one of those present reminders of the path and transition the nation had to go through in order to get to the
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