The other day somebody played a prank on me in my dorm by smearing a banana all over my doorknob. When I cleaned it off, the doorknob had become all clean and shiny. Is there like, some kind of chemical reaction going on that made this happen?
2007-01-30 11:03:15 · 3 answers · asked by paul n 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
d-limonene comes only from citrus rind. Banana oil is contained on the inside part of the peel and it is a cleaner, in fact it's a great shoe polish.
2007-01-30 11:14:42 · answer #1 · answered by TJTB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, banana it's just alkaline, and your doorknob is probably made of aluminum ? You just polished the surface of the aluminum (that slowly oxidize in the air) and removed the opaque Aluminum oxide.
banana oil is just isoamyl acetate, great for polishing shoes.
2007-01-30 11:24:01 · answer #2 · answered by scientific_boy3434 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep. d-limonene.
2007-01-30 11:07:04 · answer #3 · answered by Dr Dave P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋