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Acid Rain and its effects on Industrial products.

Introduction**-**The reason I chose this experiment is that I read a book in third grade about a river that was so polluted it was getting ready to make dangerous acid rain and I was interested what would happen if it went a little farther.

Question: What effect does acid rain on industrial products? Hypothesis-I think the Industrial products will breakdown.

Procedures- I measured out 100 ml. of water and 100 ml. of lemon juice, stirred it together, and tested the PH. On the scale it come up to a two. Then I washed out the container and measured out 100 ml. of water and 100 ml. vinegar then tested the PH level. It also come up to a two. The next day I put 150 mI. of lemon juice with 150 ml. of water, put it into a separate container, and shook it up. I washed out the container I used. Then I measured out 150 ml. of vinegar and 150 ml. of water and put it into a separate container and shook them up. Then I got a big plastic bowl and put both the lemon juice and vinegar mixtures in it. I put that into the terrarium, which was filled at the bottom with mulch, dried grass that has been sitting for half a year, and a triangular piece of wood. I let that sit for three days. After three days I brought cement that started to decay from home. I brought a paint can that was spilled over when it was full. Then I brought a Jones Root Beer aluminum can that was already drank that was in the trash for a while and I took it out of the trash. Then I got a sheet of clear plastic and put three layers on each side over the terrarium ceiling. I let that sit for two days. After that I cut out the shape of the light, which is a circle. Then I cut out the same shape in the plastic sheets. I put the light using five layers of Scotch tape. On top of that I put about 10 layers of duct tape on the light to make sure it stayed on and didn't burn. There were three tiny holes about a centimeter in diameter on top of the lamp. I used one layer of duct tape to cover those up. I turned on the light and let that sit the rest of the day. It accidentally was unplugged by a classmate. The next day I turned it back on. It has been six days since the incident.


 * Materials-Lemon juice, vinegar, water, terrarium, mulch, electric lamp, concrete, aluminum can, wood, duct tape, Scotch tape, paint can, plastic bowl, beakers, scissors, plastic sheet.

Analysis-It has started to condensate in the time we had.

Conclusion-It might or might not have an effect on it if it was on longer. ** Reference Title- **"- What is it?." Atmospheric Chemistry: Start Page. N.p., 17 Aug. 2004. Web. 19 Jan. 2010. .

Farther study-I might do the same experiment next year but put it on earlier. **