What are pennies made of? 🪙🔥 🧪 science #chemistry

You can melt pennies to find out what metal they are made of!

[aodh]

The copper to make them would be more valuable than the coin itself. Wouldn't be surprised if the other metals are worth more than a penny too

[Dippedinsilver]

I knew pennies weren't made from solid copper anymore, but I didn't know they were made from zinc. That's really interesting. Thanks!

[simonblackham]

UK pennies are made of steel plated with copper ... you can pick them up with fridge magnets.

[UncleBopEntertainment]

Debasing the currency one base metal at a time 😂😭

[junkiatng]

Brass are used in instruments, like the trumpet, tuba....

[unadomandaperte]

Keep those copper pennies in the case they might be worth something 🤣

[derekedmondson]

Or…you could just use a file to expose the zinc.
Pennies have been made with zinc for 4 decades. By the way, the zinc is electroplated with copper. There is no alloy formed in the minting process…so, no brass. You created the brass when you melted both metals.

[SaSuB]

an idea for making a fake gold
Thanks 😘

[WhoTFisICEMAN]

So what your saying is I can cash in 1000 for pennies melt them down into brass

[monika.alt]

Well it costs more to make a penny than what a penny if worth, so using pure solid copper would be rather stupid.

[Outdoorballisticsyt]

Yes I know they haven’t been for 42 years

[cjortiz]

"Pennies are no longer made of the metal copper..." Oh, no more copper....
"...melted zinc combines with the copper coat." Uh, what copper?

[elonmusk]

Fun fact : it's illegal to destroy money as it harms the country's economy

[abhiprayyt]

Pennies did anyone understand??? 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[nary]

am i the only one who read the word 'pennies' wrong?

[derrekvanee]

Your gonna get a hundred idiots saying bro thata illegal . anyway tgis Tok tik channel is going places. Do you do full science videos?

[Johny_Truant]

Fun fact: It cost more to make a penny than what a penny is worth.