Silver Object Reaction
Objects that are made from silver or coated with it, by time, start to tarnish. Tarnish is s chemical process that leads to dullness of color of the surface of the metals such as silver, gold, aluminum, iron, brass and copper. This reaction mostly happens because of the air pollution and/or moisture. To remove the tarnish from the metals, the silver objects must undergo a chemical reaction. Thus this chemical reaction would make the silver object look shiner.
The chemical reaction to clean up the surface of the silver objects is as follow. The silver sulfide (Ag2S), which is actually the tarnished silver object reacts with the aluminum foil (Al) in a solution of baking soda (NaHCO3), thus producing polished silver (Ag) and aluminum sulfide …show more content…
Than with some mittens take out the bowl or the pot and put the aluminum foil on top of the water. With a spoon push the aluminum foil down. For every gallon of water you can pour 1 cup of baking soda. Stir it a little bit with your spoon and then put your tarnished silver object in the solution. Make sure that the silver object touches the aluminum foil. Let the object sit for 30 seconds and then take it out. As a result you would see a change in the color of the silver because the tarnish has been removed.I picked this chemical reaction because most families don’t know what to do with their silver objects when they get tarnished so I wanted to promote this idea of cleaning silver objects in a home environment. It addresses the objective because I think it’s a very beneficial chemical reaction. First of all, the removal of tarnish from the silver objects promotes the conservation of the nature’s wealth and its restoration. It also has to do with the good hygiene and health of the households by using clean silverware without having the concern of getting infections from the tarnished silver. Also removing the tarnish increases the life usage of the silver objects. I believe that a considerable number of people do use this kind of cleaning method for silver objects and this method should be promoted in order to be used by the others because it would be for the benefits
The chemical reaction to clean up the surface of the silver objects is as follow. The silver sulfide (Ag2S), which is actually the tarnished silver object reacts with the aluminum foil (Al) in a solution of baking soda (NaHCO3), thus producing polished silver (Ag) and aluminum sulfide …show more content…
Than with some mittens take out the bowl or the pot and put the aluminum foil on top of the water. With a spoon push the aluminum foil down. For every gallon of water you can pour 1 cup of baking soda. Stir it a little bit with your spoon and then put your tarnished silver object in the solution. Make sure that the silver object touches the aluminum foil. Let the object sit for 30 seconds and then take it out. As a result you would see a change in the color of the silver because the tarnish has been removed.I picked this chemical reaction because most families don’t know what to do with their silver objects when they get tarnished so I wanted to promote this idea of cleaning silver objects in a home environment. It addresses the objective because I think it’s a very beneficial chemical reaction. First of all, the removal of tarnish from the silver objects promotes the conservation of the nature’s wealth and its restoration. It also has to do with the good hygiene and health of the households by using clean silverware without having the concern of getting infections from the tarnished silver. Also removing the tarnish increases the life usage of the silver objects. I believe that a considerable number of people do use this kind of cleaning method for silver objects and this method should be promoted in order to be used by the others because it would be for the benefits