After taking your biology exam, you return to your car only to find that you had left the lights on and now the car battery is dead. Your friend offers to jump-start your car, but when you go to hook up the jumper cables you find that the battery terminals are covered with corrosion due to battery acid condensation. Based off your knowledge, what substance could be used to clean the corrosion?

a. vinegar (pH of 3)

b. water (pH of 7)

c. coffee (pH of 5)

d. baking soda (pH of 9)

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Biology

Emery Morris

11 August, 23:34

After taking your biology exam, you return to your car only to find that you had left the lights on and now the car battery is dead. Your friend offers to jump-start your car, but when you go to hook up the jumper cables you find that the battery terminals are covered with corrosion due to battery acid condensation. Based off your knowledge, what substance could be used to clean the corrosion?

a. vinegar (pH of 3)

b. water (pH of 7)

c. coffee (pH of 5)

d. baking soda (pH of 9)

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Nina Lambert · Answer 1

Option A

Explanation:

Any mild acidic substance such as vinegar etc. can be used for removing rust from metal. White vinegar is commonly used and is applied on the rusty regions of any metal substance. After couple of hours, when the reaction between rust and vinegar is complete, the rust dissolves in vinegar completely. The metal surface can be cleaned just by wiping the surface of the object

Hence, option A is correct