Practical manual - Generation of electricity using a lime fruit

Practical manual - Generation of electricity using a lime fruit

You will need

A lime fruit, a plate of copper, a plate of zinc, connecting wires, and a galvanometer.

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Method

  • lime fruit should be thoroughly pressed to liquidize its juice.
  • Insert the parts of copper sheet as well as the zinc sheet into lime fruit.
  • Connect a wire to each of the metal sheets.
  • Connect those wire ends to the galvanometer.
  • Copper sheet and zinc sheet should be taken as positive and negative terminals, respectively.
  • Observe the indicator of the galvanometer.
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Observations

  • The indicator of the galvanometer deflected

Observations – Practical manual - Generation of electricity using a lime fruit

Consider

Consider, that the positive and negative terminals of the galvanometer should be connected to the copper rod and zinc rod respectively.

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Conclusion

The needle of the galvanometer starts to deflect. It indicates that a small current is produced, in the lime fruit, and it flows through the circuit.

Electricity is generated by a chemical process, in some sources of electricity like dry cells, simple cells, and car batteries.

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A galvanometer is used to identify a small current that flows through a circuit.

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