The Silver Mirror, Gone Horribly Wrong
In this video I demonstrate the classic silver mirror reaction using Tollen's Reagent. Simple stuff, a casual lab demo on a lazy day in highschool. However, due to a simple careless oversight this innocent project turned into a nightmare ordeal involving some of the most dangerous compounds known.
Which is honestly my favorite part of chemistry, its an eternal lesson in never letting your guard down, even for a simple Tollen's demo.
PS: The actual silver mirroring part was eventually a success, it just took a while to get there.
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PPS: Initially I planned to cut the first 5 minutes of this video, but I've gotten several requests to show more of the mistakes I make. Since this is one of my bigger mistakes of all time it felt appropriate to include.
PPPS: I am currently in the process of handling an unexpected move, so I did not plan this upload for today.. Honestly wasn't whether I was going to upload it at all. I've been sitting on this finished video for a while and decided since I didn't have time for my planned upload that I'd release this instead.
Enjoy!
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