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How do u explain the fact that the alcohol turns green?

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Alcohol is a solvent and it basically dissolves anything. A lead is spongy and full of holes. When the leaf is mixed with alcohol, the alcohol affects the leaves. The alcohol melts the pigments of the leaf, chlorophyll, which is the green part. This will turn the alcohol green
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