Invisible Ink Experiment with Lemon Juice
Invisible Ink Experiment with Lemon Juice
Experiment report
Introduction
• In the following report, the experiment called will be tested
'invisible ink', in which a citrus is used to write a
message, and then fire is used to reveal it.
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MATERIALS
• There are many ways to create an invisible entity. But for this
For the experiment we will use the following materials:
• Lemon
• Paper
• Clean brush, swab
• Fire
PROCEDURE
• The first step is to get a lemon and squeeze its juice into a
small container. Then dip your clean brush or swabs in
cotton in the container, since you will use the lemon juice as the amount.
• Write on a blank sheet of paper with the brush or swab of
cotton 'entangled' and let it dry. To read the message
We will need to apply heat to the leaf. Light the fire.
and hold the paper from above and move it in circular motions.
RESULT
• The heat of the fire will make what you wrote darken,
Allowing you to read invisible messages! This happens because
An acidic liquid weakens paper when exposed to heat. When
you apply heat, the part where you wrote oxidizes and burns more
quickly the dry paper around.
Conclusion
• In this experiment, it was possible to observe how the citrus acts when
its juice is used in paper and comes into contact with fire, then
this oxidizes.