Silver+Mirror+Dipesh

Materials:
 * 3 Pipettes (more is great)
 * Glass to do demo/Test Tube
 * Sodium Hydroxide Bottle (C)[[image:file:///C:/Users/Dipesh/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.png]]
 * The Mix of Ammonium nitrate and Silver Nitrate Bottle (B)
 * Pre-made mixture of glucose/fructose (A)
 * Enthusiasm

Procedure:
 * 1) Gather the materials and put the bottle of reactants in order from : Glucose/fructose, Ammonium nitrate and Silver Nitrate mixture, Sodium Hydroxide.
 * 2) Place individual pipettes by each bottle.
 * 3) Place one graduated cylinder by each bottle
 * 4) Fill up the graduated cylinder from 1-2 mL of solution depending on size of what will be silver.
 * 5) Get your crowd involved.
 * 6) Get the glass and stopper ready.
 * 7) Pour in solution A first into bottle
 * 8) Pour in solution B and then quickly C.
 * 9) Stopper It
 * 10) Shake until it become silver

Chemical Formula 2 AgNO3 (aq) + 2 NaOH (aq) → Ag2O (s) + 2 NaNO3 (aq) + H2O (l)

Ag2O (s) + 4 NH3 (aq) + 2 NaNO3 (aq) +H2O (l) → 2 Ag(NH3)2NO3 (aq) + 2 NaOH (aq)

Explanation:

Mirror mirror on the wall, how did you get to be what you are? Ever wondered where and how mirrors reflection might be formed? Well this experiment will not tell you this. Rather it will show you a cool fun way of making mirrors, Silver mirrors. Now who can tell me what a Tollens’ reagent is? Well for those of you who don’t know, it is usually something that contains ammonia silver nitrate which is one of the reactants of this experiment. This reagent is important for proof of structure and is a test specific for reducing sugars. The sugar also known as the glucose is used forming the silver coating around this glass. A silver ion reacts with hydroxide of aqueous ammonia to produce a brown precipitate of Silver Hydroxide. This then gets dissolved with excess ammonia and then forms a silver mirror precipitate. Think about it this way, when you eat strawberries with sugar, the juice of the strawberries makes the sugar red and compact. It sometimes then is difficult to move the sugar around without breaking up the compact pieces. A new “precipitate” formed and that is what has happened with glucose and silver nitrate. They formed a precipitate that became a silver reflector.

Practical Applications: This experiment comes useful in the successful creation of many mirrors. We use them as a reflection to see ourselves and when driving to see the cars behind us. Those are more permanent solutions than what is being used in this experiment.

Works Cited"Notes on the silvering of mirrors." //The ATM Site: Resources and Techniques for Amateur Telescope Makers//. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. .

"Tollens' reagent -." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. .