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How to clean silver objects with chemistry
Using a simple redox reaction to have shining silver objects
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If you have oxidate silver object...
Prepare the supplies,
Clad a glass bowl with aluminium foil,
Add salt
Add baking soda powder
Add boiling water
You can see that aluminium foil become brown while the silver object return shining... A redox reaction is happening...
And let it shine!
Before and after!
Before and...
After!
- 1.0l Water
- 1.0Tbsp Salt
- 1.0Tbsp Baking soda powder
- 1.0 Aluminium foil
- 1.0 Glass bowl