Could a PH test detect a dipped coin?

DHeath

OK, a little OT, but I was just curious. Since PH can be easily measured with strips, would it be possible to determine a coin with above average acid levels? One drop of distilled water on the surface should be enough to conduct a proper experiment.

nwcs

I think it could work so long as the dip wasn't properly rinsed.

LucyBop

Properly dipped coins would have to be properly rinsed, if some type of acid was left remaining on the coins surface it would continue to etch and eventually damage the coins surface to where it would be visable to the eye.

KlectorKid

If it were rinsed properly it wouldnt have the acid left and if it were not rinsed the chemical would evaporate or etch into the coin so u would have to have a coin dipped an hour ago for it to work.

LucyBop

I have over 17 years of experience using PH strips... at my place of work, when we found a unknown chemical we would PH it to find out how 'hot' it is, or after removing quartz from the quartz cleaner we would also check how hot it is since nitric acid was used.

danglen

<< <i> I have over 17 years of experience using PH strips... at my place of work, when we found a unknown chemical we would PH it to find out how 'hot' it is, or after removing quartz from the quartz cleaner we would also check how hot it is since nitric acid was used. >>



Gee Lucy, you started working when you were 10?

LucyBop

<< <i>Gee Lucy, you started working when you were 10? >>



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TomB

It's far more difficult to take a pH of something that is a solid than of something that is a liquid.