Electricity from the Lemon Fruit

Don't you know that fruits like lemon can interestingly generate a slight amount of electricity? 

If you think that this is impossible then keep reading because on this post, you will get to learn and experience the proof via an easy-to-perform experiment.

Here are the following items that you will need on this simple fruit experiment:

Lemon Fruit

A ripe or nearly ripe lemon fruit works best.

One Short Piece of Copper Wire

You will be needing a short piece of copper wire which measures about 5 cm long.

One Long Piece of Plastic Coated Wire

A long piece of plastic-coated wire measuring about 1 meter long is required. Both ends must be trimmed to expose its bare ends.

Galvanized Nail

You can actually use any type of nails as long as its a conductor.

Compass

This is a tool used by travelers to guide them for directions in terms of Earth's polarity (North, South, East and West).

Electric Lemon Experiment

Step 1:

Hold the lemon fruit on your hand then press it hard on a wooden surface of a table. Your intention of doing this procedure is to make it juicy inside. 

Actually, the chemical components of the lemon fruit are the once that will generate a form of electricity. By squeezing the fruit, the chemical components of the fruit will become more active.

Step 2:

Take the long plastic-coated wire then wind it around the compass for a few number of times. 

The compass will be our indicator which will tell you about the presence of an electricity that flows through the wire. 

I do suggested that you test this experiment first on a battery. By connecting both bare ends of the wire on a battery, you will notice that the pointer of the compass will point at a different direction. 

This should also be the result when a lemon fruit is to be used.

Step 3:

Twist one of the end of the copper wire around. This will allow you to connect the plastic-coated wire's one end into that twisted end of the copper wire. 

When its done, push the un-twisted other end of the copper wire into the lemon fruit.

Step 4:

Connect the other end of the plastic-coated wire into the nail then sink it into the lemon fruit. You should notice that the action you just did had caused the compass needle to move.