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Rusty Fruit

  • July 9, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Apples, pears, potatoes, and some other fruits and vegetables turn brown after you cut them. That’s because of oxidation. When air mixes with a certain enzyme in the produce, it causes a chemical reaction on the cut surface, similar to metal rusting.

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