The Statue of Liberty’s True Colors?

Check out BrainCraft here: https://www.youtube.com/braincraft The Statue of Liberty is an iconic blue-green symbol of freedom. But did you know she wasn’t always that color? When France gifted Lady Liberty to the U.S., she was a 305-foot statue with reddish-brown copper skin. Her color change is thanks to about 30 years’ worth of chemistry in the air of New York City harbor. Get an education on the chemistry of how this monumental statue transitioned from penny red to chocolate brown to glorious liberty green in this Reactions video. Find us on all these places: Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions Twitter! http://twitter.com/ACSReactions Tumblr! http://tumblr.com/ACSReactions Battle Hymn of the Republic Washington Post March - Catherine Gagnon LA Funk Sam Leopard - The Gold Medley Producer: Elaine Seward Writer: Sam Lemonick Executive Producer: Adam Dylewski Scientific consultants: Terri L. Woods, Ph.D. Darcy Gentleman, Ph.D. Kyle Nackers Sources: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/09/19/the-statue-of-libertys-beguiling-green http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0010938X87900539 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0010938X87900473 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0010938X87900540 http://www.wskc.org/documents/281621/282063/ENGAGE_E3S_Chemistry_Statue+of+Liberty.pdf/e4f24c7e-3666-425e-9c41-7dbdd0065eb4 https://www.copper.org/applications/architecture/arch_dhb/technical-discussion/fundamentals/arch_considerations.html#weathering_chart https://www.finishing.com/261/74.shtml (just look at the sweet note after this post) expert-cited article from ACS’s own ES&T Livingston, R.A. Influence of the environment on the patina of the Statue of Liberty. Environ. Sci. Technol. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es00020a006 Zoltai, T. and Stout, J.H. Mineralogy: Concepts and Principles. 1984. Burgess (Minneapolis).