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  • Beautiful reflective coating of silver plates out on the inside of flasks or glass ornaments. Redox reaction "mirrors" the way silver mirrors are actually produced!
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  • @paulgracey4697
    @paulgracey4697 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Although silvering was the method used for very large glass substrate reflecting telescope mirrors up until about 1935, in that year the largest telescope then in the world was equipped to do vacuum vapor deposition of aluminum. The silvering room built directly below the telescope is still there, where every six months the whole bottom of the telescope was lowered into it for the process. Now a greater effort is needed to remove the 4.5 ton glass mirror from that mount system, lower the glass all the way to ground level where the vacuum chamber is located, strip and clean the old aluminum and, under vacuum, flash the new surface onto it only once every two years. Interesting to see what chemistry was once used on that 100 inch(2.5M) mirror.

  • @Lollipoppd
    @Lollipoppd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks yours came out the best I've seen in TH-cam so far

  • @TomTwain
    @TomTwain 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Right... well I've seen quite a few mirror silvering vids... but this is the 1st method which actually gave me a successful result..👍 👍 ❤️

  • @DBuilder1977
    @DBuilder1977 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    WOW! WHAT A GREAT TEACHER!!! Best video ever! Thanks!

  • @55ruturajpatil66
    @55ruturajpatil66 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best video...I ve understood everything about Tollens reagent from here...

  • @rayshellyohansen4196
    @rayshellyohansen4196 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Could you have used the excess from the original flask to mirror the Christmas ornament?

  • @johnchisholm8807
    @johnchisholm8807 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You would be the most informative tutor I,ve come across in 60years, but my problem is sonar. Who can replicate you in relation to sonar production

  • @HoshikawaHikari
    @HoshikawaHikari 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Please be my chemistry teacher~

  • @PineholeCameras
    @PineholeCameras 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thank you very much!! great video!! could you tell me the silver nitrate concentration? please :)

  • @Skinkyable
    @Skinkyable 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used sodium hypochlorite (bleech not acid) to remove the deteriorating silvering from the inside of a mirror ball recently. Worked perfectly in 10 mins. No idea of the chemistry. Now I want to re silver the glass ball this video was helpful but getting all the chemicals may prove difficult :(

  • @stefanw.4071
    @stefanw.4071 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice video!

  • @ahmarsaeed6085
    @ahmarsaeed6085 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Used to do this in school chem lab!

  • @VitalySarychev
    @VitalySarychev 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very dark silver layer is.

  • @MONOTIS
    @MONOTIS 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can this method of coating ,to make "mirror" finish ,to apply outside and on iron metal material?Or is only for glass and inside/behind

    • @EdwardTriesToScience
      @EdwardTriesToScience 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      MONOTIS, inside, and it works on anything, the silver is *very* delicate

    • @MONOTIS
      @MONOTIS 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EdwardTriesToScience
      Τhanks for your answer.

  • @khanhhungnguyen8729
    @khanhhungnguyen8729 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you let me know the mass of dextrose, sodium hydroxide and silver nitrate?

    • @MotesTV
      @MotesTV 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nurd rage says equal mass sodium hydroxide and silver nitrate and 4 times the amount of dextrose or sugar. th-cam.com/video/hUX_cpFWNso/w-d-xo.html

  • @benjamingrabstein1480
    @benjamingrabstein1480 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi there thanks for the great video! Does the silver deposit onto the parafilm when doing the Christmas ornament ?

  • @qtcqtc
    @qtcqtc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dear Mem, can you please tell how to keep the mirror permanently? Thank you

  • @claramontrieul8761
    @claramontrieul8761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for this video. I am trying to replicate this experiment but I didn't get very nice results. I used the same method and same components though. Could you share the concentrations that you used? I think that might be my problem.

    • @joepublic5469
      @joepublic5469 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      m.th-cam.com/video/y-4qqcCxD6g/w-d-xo.html

  • @hlop5823
    @hlop5823 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    AWESOME

  • @escapingloserville7573
    @escapingloserville7573 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do I get to learn Chemistry from this lady?

  • @santoclaupettingzoo
    @santoclaupettingzoo 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video!! Where can I buy the chemicals to make my own art projects?

  • @wirehyperspace
    @wirehyperspace 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    so where is the platinum mirror and other precious metals

  • @roxinestephens5137
    @roxinestephens5137 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    this so cool

  • @michalziomek1276
    @michalziomek1276 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know that it is an old video but maybe someone know...is it possible to make a telescope mirror and using of this methode ?
    It is quite expensive and problematic to make it because it is just same places who can do this. What do you think ?
    Is it possible ?

  • @tienngo7732
    @tienngo7732 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excuse me, why we need NAOH ? What does it work ? I need some tutorial please. Thank you.

    • @sunilarch6151
      @sunilarch6151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      NaOH is to provide OH- ion. In reaction aldehyde is oxidized to corresponding carboxylate anion.

  • @fodil00007
    @fodil00007 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    very nice thank you,can l use this solution for plastic instead of glass

    • @FlinnScientific
      @FlinnScientific  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, this needs to be used with glass.

    • @carloscampos6681
      @carloscampos6681 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      FlinnScientific can you drink from that mirrored flash?

  • @wirehyperspace
    @wirehyperspace 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    and how about tattoos made with precious metals

  • @hdraanwer9193
    @hdraanwer9193 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    how use this method by spray [ air compressor]

  • @dlcoflowre4966
    @dlcoflowre4966 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello
    I'm chokri from Algeria I saw the video was good for me I benefited from it, thank you for choosing this video.
    I have a query that I want to know about nickel chromium components and ratios of materials.

  • @dannymckenzie8329
    @dannymckenzie8329 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saint louis

  • @lungxia3858
    @lungxia3858 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    im trying making mirror but always not perfect always have white mist on that mirror.

    • @joepublic5469
      @joepublic5469 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's important for the glass to be super clean and treated with deionized water. That's distilled water. Maybe that will get rid of the film. Good luck.

    • @joepublic5469
      @joepublic5469 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      m.th-cam.com/video/y-4qqcCxD6g/w-d-xo.html
      He tells how to prep your glass

    • @lungxia3858
      @lungxia3858 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joepublic5469 i think cleaning thats not the problem. i think i know what the problem. dont care u cleaning hundred times. that will be end with mist or cloud, except you use passivator. passivator can decrese the mist or cloud problem.

  • @louistournas120
    @louistournas120 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I tested a mirror. It was not silver. I think most mirrors have Al instead of Ag.

    • @seigeengine
      @seigeengine 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep.

    • @annam4146
      @annam4146 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mirrors used to be silver. That is why only rich people owned them (poorer folks used polished tin). Modern ones use Al because we know the chemistry better.

    • @seigeengine
      @seigeengine 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ... "because a mirror isn't a mirror unless it's silver, except when I say it is!"
      10/10

  • @Whitetigerking88
    @Whitetigerking88 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does the sodium hydroxide need to be pure?

    • @MotesTV
      @MotesTV 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Impurities might effect mirror finish.

  • @MoEm0e
    @MoEm0e 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the resistance of that layer of silver?

    • @goodsir2551
      @goodsir2551 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Electric resistance? Chemical resistance?? Resistance can be many factors in this situation.

    • @MoEm0e
      @MoEm0e 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +THE UNKNOWN What is the electrical resistance. Sorry for being unclear.

  • @rayshellyohansen4196
    @rayshellyohansen4196 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Freaking alchemy!

  • @ilayarajathegreat
    @ilayarajathegreat 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    dose it happen without amonium nitrate

    • @sunilarch6151
      @sunilarch6151 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      For the reaction to occur we need ammoniacal silver nitrate solution

  • @carlosdavid1802
    @carlosdavid1802 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where can I buy ammonia?

    • @zegwei
      @zegwei 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      china taobao or local lab suppler

    • @MrVeryCranky
      @MrVeryCranky 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      cleaning isle in supermarket

  • @ryansitterly996
    @ryansitterly996 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is silver ion?

    • @EvangelosPolitakos
      @EvangelosPolitakos 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ryan Sitterly material wich in water (aqua) gives free charged atoms. In this experiment meaning silver nitrate.

    • @roman20353
      @roman20353 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Ryan Sitterly Ag+

  • @kcvshinzo292
    @kcvshinzo292 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    meoooow

  • @ajaybazigar1201
    @ajaybazigar1201 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Halo Mam I work in silver nitrate.What is cyanide and its effect on the body?

    • @joepublic5469
      @joepublic5469 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      cyanide is poison and it's deadly. Even in the seeds of some fruits it can leach out into the fruit and has killed people. One man died from the cyanide in plum seeds leaching into the fruit. He was a farmer and had eaten to many on a very hot day. Small amounts you can survive from however it will still make you sick.

  • @joseantomiofuentesalba434
    @joseantomiofuentesalba434 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    donde puedo conplarlo y cunto cuesta

  • @brendoncharlien7909
    @brendoncharlien7909 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    😍😜🤪

  • @ilayarajathegreat
    @ilayarajathegreat 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    need to know wether this is applicable in sugar balls

  • @GUIHTD
    @GUIHTD 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool vid, but as a chemistry student, it just hurts to see gloves being used so carelessly.

  • @wanderlust3487
    @wanderlust3487 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hate chemistry

  • @rfcdgaf
    @rfcdgaf 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:21 already bored