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It's made out of copper and copper tarnishes. Copper actually doesn't tarnish, if you want to use the right terminology, it is oxidation that you see. Oxidation is what is seen in on Lady Liberty. If you want to be even more specific, the c...
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Oxidation is what is seen in on Lady Liberty. If you want to be even more specific, the color of Lady Liberty is verdigris. Other cases of oxidation can be seen if you look at pennies in a wishing well.
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The Statue of Liberty original color was copper. The reason for the green color of Lady Liberty is due to oxidation. They recently opened the crown for visiting so I hope you can visit her soon.
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First of all – and less relevant to the environment, it has a very well known green tinge largely due to the copper of the statue reacting with the elements to produce the copper salts which give its green hue. Now, it only seems appropriat...
http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/10/30/why-is-the-statue-...
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Incidentally, the reason that the Statue of Liberty turned colors from its original copper to its present day green is due to a somewhat similar reaction. The statue would naturally have turned that color due to simple exposure to the oxygen in the air.
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www.haverford.edu/educ/knight-booklet/greenpenny.htm
www.haverford.edu/educ/knight-booklet/greenpenny.htm
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Until the latest contract was signed, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island received half their electricity from green sources. ... The Statue of Liberty won't be directly hooked up to the windmills. The GSA is purchasing a renewable energy credit. The electricity the windmills produce is fed into the nation's electrical...
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www.csmonitor.com/2006/0322/p02s02-sten.html
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 19—A biodegradable soy-based hydraulic fluid developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists is now being used to operate the elevator system in the Statue of Liberty in New York City.
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www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2004/041019.htm
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Visitors to the Statue of Liberty may not know it, but the monument's elevator now runs on a new, biodegradable hydraulic fluid made from soy oil. ... "Statue of Liberty Goes Green With Soy-Based Elevator Fluid" was published in the October 2004 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.
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www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/oct04/soy1004.htm
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Single Images (pcrf003) > USA, New York, Statue of Liberty, tablet, close-up (pcrf003110) ... 662 x 1007 ... USA, New York, Statue of Liberty, tablet, close-up photo...
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