Make Glass Mirrors with Silver Nitrate

[gaiachaos2000]

Won't silver rot without corrosion-resistant coating?

[hatemelaterok]

I can chrome my whole car.



[95Docer]

ШАЙТАН!

[jdg5811]

Wow that's so cool, makes me want to go out and try it myself.

[YouViewer08]

Would this chemical composition bond to any clothing or flexible material?

[nukebuilder]

Very cool, I really enjoy these videos. I was wondering where or how a home experimenter would dispose of excess chemicals?

[prostrongmanzack]

I saw another video and comments were blocked, just wanted to say you guys rock! Love these videos!

[bind1967]

can plexiglass be used to make silver nitrate mirrors in tehis fashion ?

[TheSolitaryTraveller]

I wonder what types of material this can work on, because that would be pretty fun to just cut a few random items.

[thebestofall007]

i wonder if this solution will stick on anything other than glass?

[aberam1]

now how do you clean the glass?

[59Ballons]

so he just MADE SILVER??? you could get rich!!!

[nycpd75]

@59Ballons lol silver, silver is worth nothing small quantities !

[Dessun]

@59Ballons Silver is an element silly. You can't 'make' it. And the silver nitrate he used isn't exactly cheap.

[ZhaoNeon]

Does this need to be heated up in order to get the reaction going? I've seen this experiment where he only just shook it up gently in a large glass bowl and it still worked.

Also, its safe to pour down a sink followed by water, or should it be taken care of some other way?

Hehe sorry, I never took Chemistry in high school cause I was a slacker, so low gpa = no fun courses like physics, calculus, or chemistry.

[jrgull13]

I'm curious if you could do this with a heatsink because i believe silver has a higher thermal transfer rate than copper or aluminum does.. giving me ideas i shouldn't be thinking of :p

[kitty7092]

I'm scared to do this of silver azide :P

[13BlackHeaven]

I am so not a NERD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bgmoney99]

Show your face

[faizuraja100]

Its Fukin Awesom

[w1kz]

this is secretly walter white from breaking bad

[crispyspa]

.....or, go to Wal-mart and buy a mirror. 

[pheenix42]

@crispyspa But, you wouldn't have any fun, nor would you have any understanding of the chemistry involved, now would you? Anyone can just *buy* something!

[crispyspa]

@pheenix42  I know, I was just kidding around. sorry.

[Sophesumer]

@crispyspa

You are just the worst kind of person.

[crispyspa]

@Sophesumer Why would you say that? It was a *tongue in cheek* comment. meant to be funny...I guess I failed. sorry.

[Sophesumer]

@crispyspa

Its just walmart.

I don't like walmart.

[keyofdavid888]

can this be put in a spray gun and used to paint your car?

[narendran550]

@keyofdavid888 Sure! Of course you can do it. You need to figure out how it must work. I would name it as a "Mirror Gun".

[Alientraveler003]

Your the best

[aterack833]

thats so cool , thats how im gonna paint my car

[666TECHNO666]

@aterack833 i dont think you want a car like that..unless you have shitty road laws it wouldnt be legal

[BloodHarvest21]

Fucking. Awesome. You just made my day

[Gunner3210]

Does anyone else think that "nurdrage" is a woman?

[AdrenalinJunky86]

@Gunner3210 if it is,she have very ugly hands :-)

[666TECHNO666]

@Gunner3210 no because if it was a woman, people wouldve stopped listening half way through every video

[PURebekah503]

i dont think so

[jackkolb]

I am a cat and this is great! I can type in english for about 60 secmeow meow meow meow meow meow.

[ZqLouise948]

its ok

[unlimitedsupra]

Chrome Glass nice lol

[Manu112345]

Did this back in 9th grade was a lot of fun...chem was always one of my favorite subjects in school...next to biology

[themarkoarch]

brate lud si



[uruglytoo]

We were going to do this in my chem 2 class but we ran out of time in the semester

[TheZygintas]

jega  it is cool

[ERTLPFM]

Is this still as conductive?

[psassaki]

i've done it in organic chemistry 1 in college

[tonmaton33]

comment peut on le déposer sur une porte de voiture???? merci!!!!!!

[passthepuck]

can this proceedure work on plastiic or carbon fiber?

[JohneeTheKiller]

So AWSOME :D

[SephChan941]

Saw this and done it many many times......

[SuperRuckaali]

for better mirrors add bleach :D

[TigrisCariosus]

@SuperRuckaali that sounds painful... 

[misspatches2012]

@SuperRuckaali bleach plus ammonia react to create mustard gas, mustard gas is potentially deadly

[SuperRuckaali]

@misspatches2012 I was being sarcastic it was a joke

[Prometheus203]

@misspatches2012 They mix to produce chlorine gas, not mustard gas.

[SmashMasterFox]

@SuperRuckaali

loololololololol

[crazyman8142]

at 2:10 he said uses a less cleaner container than ours

[excalebuir]

homamade bicycle parts chroming haha!!!!

[emophase]

Why isn't there a 480p?

[Whiskey4I]

you are awesome

[borkles]

@NurdRage Is it easy to make the mirror less silvered? Ie so that it is more reflective one way and less through the other (think one-way glass or a beam splitter?)

[xXxmidgexXx]

lol crazy spinning bead . at 0:42

[kahluathekinkajou]

what was making that magnet spin like that????!!! please someone tell me

[Rabeskywing]

@kahluathekinkajou It's propelled by a magnetic stirrer in the hotplate.

[Anima87]

Can this be done with copper instead of glass?

[flyingjerry1]

SO cool

[mypeeps112]

"afterwards, wash everything with LOTS OF WATER!!!!"

[EMFinduction]

@horimonobaby. The nearest curbside drain. Or turn your neighbor's windows into mirrors.

[Karpens16]

That is just about the most awesome thing I've ever seen.

[veni9307]

I have one question.In the end of this experiment i don't really this silver surface, i've got some yellow maybe amorphous silver i'm not sure, so my question is how can i make this silver to normal?

[r6srider]

I kept waiting for him to say "I want to play a game"

[LadySeleneBeauPre]

@r6srider I thought it was a she? o.o

[MelancholyApples]

@r6srider oh from the Saw movies?

[Lishaaaaaaa]

I made two of these last term.

[DeepMindstorm]

SAW VI

[legoguy000]

666 comments before I posted...NurdRage is Satan.

[metalwing3]

@legoguy000 not anymore

[OKMUNWURX]

Is the silvered glass electrically conductive? If so, this could be done to make a high voltage capacitor. just silver both sides of a jar or glass pane

[rockstar12201]

ima try and do dat!

[horimonobaby]

how would you properly dispose of the left over product?

[Hopefulfilment]

@horimonobaby Silver IS poisonous to microorganisms and can really mess up the bio stage of a waste water plant so I would not recommend pouring it out in the sewer like someone said. I dunno what to do with it. Let it dry up in a metal cannister and leave it in a metal recycle bin?

[sk82live87]

So THIS is what Bill Nye is up to now...

[Habibpl]

That's nice sir... Thx for uploading...

[Razwithz]

This is probably the best youtube channel I've ever seen, congratulations Sir.

[tijuanamarisol666]

just curious, if you left the stirring magnet in the silvering solution, would the magnet become a mirror as well? xD

[petapyro13]

yes 1:35

[Johnhardman011]

2:26

[pioumpboy]

how would you get the metal off the contaner???

[nickbhalo]

@pioumpboy Nitric acid

[FlashXX97]

Magnets. How do they work?

Oh. They stir.

[DrunkenMidget90]

Science is fun !

[whotaughtyou]

SEKONDA DIAMOND

FLUG EVEREST

TORTURE

[wesgrip]

Does this coating occlude the glass or does it allow light through?

[toonlink18]

I made this for my science fair project..I'd like to know the chemical equation for this reaction please. Thank you so much in advance, it was very helpful.

[allpha100f]

@toonlink18 Google "silver mirror test"

[FrankaDith]

U rock

[xxtiaan]

ok judging by the voice and hands in this vid Im convinced this is actually a girl making this vid

[b1912313]

@xxtiaan I'm working in that theory.

[mynameismatt2010]

@xxtiaan Watch the video where he sticks his hand into liquid nitrogen, you will be able to see that you're wrong.

[xxtiaan]

the narrators voice sounds pitch shifted or something....

[DetroitIsland]

a Personal level of respect

for guys like him

-Detroit Island

[jbdyoni]

i though it was going to be amonical silver nitrate and an aldehyde...

[vangard1994]

so...what if we want to make the explosive? how can we use that?



[69iron69]

can you use this method with copper nitrate?

[MegaNinja098]

that is EPIC

[45lollipop]

@nurdrage I see you have very femine hands...Are you a girl???

[LukaCM1]

you are best

[SHUKUMUPOLLO]

OMG he is optimus prime XD

[X3whitedinoX3]

hehe it looks like unicorn blood from harry poter >.<

[TheSpear3]

(fluffablemufin) yes it will it just needs to stick

[fluffablemuffin]

So does this HAVE to be on glass? Or will it work on any other substance?

[jo3yepicness]

that was awesome

[deadmag3r]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheCommanderphoenix]

pie is 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[assaf127]

Tollen's test, isn't it? I thought it only works with aldehydes (and sugars with an 'open' anomeric carbon), so it shouldn't be working with sucrose since it's connected between both of it's anomeric carbon.. I guess it's the heating that made it happen anyways.

[intercipio]

The sodium nitrate in solution doesn't matter?

[sonicknightbuddy901]

i tried that it blew up what kind of scientist are u?!

[MrSwashbuckler101]

@NurdRage

What Molarity do these need to be in?

[SweetVanzz]

Silver Nitrate? Sodium Hydroxide?

Sure, let me just get that out of the fridge real quick.

[hazardousmango]

Was just thinking to myself... This would make the most bad ass game controller in the world...

[PawnGUYY]

@hazardousmango TRUE DAT

[barrowscasper12]

@hazardousmango you would need an glass controller? 0_o

[eldominicano85]

did he say nerd rape at the end ?

[Khaied345]

Did he say Sulfur mirror at 0:52?

[Sangoreborn]

@eldominicano85

Yea LOL.

[vampP2005]

wow ..thanks a lot.. very helpful

[UpgradedWorld]

So...you could silver plate things using this? Say, a penny?

[popstore123211]

can they be used as 2-way mirrors

[UpgradedWorld]

@popstore123211 No

[malkoitrek]

Can i use Al(NO3)3?

[Aviatorsmith]

@malkoitrek No.

[malkoitrek]

@Aviatorsmith why??

[malkoitrek]

@Aviatorsmith why???

[Shady6diablo]

lol

[chrisizzile50]

i want the special rock spinner!!

[genrevify]

I love the analogy of this Science experiment to Christians relecting Christ! You can have the special rock spinner!! The special rock spinner is like Jesus Christ! He will refine us like silver - Proverbs 17:3. In the video he said the process is very slow (life), but that's ok because it gives him (Christ) time to prepare the mirror surface (us). It is a process: he prepares us, we are sealed by the Holy Spririt , we face challenges, and we are cleansed by the living water (Christ)!

[leriko777]

with this I can explode my town...HELL YEAH!!!

[RDR8278]

Reminds me of my 8th grade physics class. My class was doing an experiment which involved silver nitrate, and when we were done, we were told to place the silver nitrate in a special container. Someone dumped theirs in the sink, LOL

[beyondbelief360]

My questions I have to ask for everyone. Can it be used on plastic to achieve this chrome look and how durable will this be? Over time will it start to chip or bubble? Good video and thanks

[Morain42]

cool!

[Gnarbel]

To those with questions on how to discard the leftover solution:

There should be a waste station in your community that handles chemicals ie paint with environmentally hazardous components, batteries, etc. Empty what's left in a lidded container and hand in whatever you wipe out your beaker with as well.

To those calling me "nigger" and "water their lawn with this" I can only suggest you put your money where your mouth is, drink the stuff, and you'll make a snowwhite, toxic corpse. Tada, magic!

[DiesesedCow]

@Gnarbel i kill weeds with it

[sipimanify]

man you are awsome where do you know all this thing

[Hollandar26]

will regular tap water work for this? or shouldl i use distilled wateR?

[RescueSilver]

I wish he sounded normal. I could barely understand him. He sounded like a canadian robot with a close pin on his nose. Very irritating

[avelmira]

@Skaarjguy & @oglow100 Thanks! My research shows that he's right... it's only explosive if it's in solid form... I'm just worried about where it'd end up after poured it down the drain and if it has a chance of evaporating after it's deposited somewhere. I wish to know its destabilizing agent so I'd know it's safe. I really wish to do this as part of making a telescope once I get the hazards worked out :)

[avelmira]

How do you properly dump the solution? Can you just dump it down the drain? The whole explosive element you mentioned worried me a bit... or a lot.

[Skaarjguy]

@avelmira I think he said you're supposed to wash it with copious amounts of water.

[oglow100]

@avelmira dilute it as much as you can then just wash it out i guess

[neeterxxi]

Fabulous video! Can't wait to try it. Had a minor in chemistry in college and stuff like this brought back great memories of lab

[Silenthen1]

Hey dude, do you use distilled water?

[wowdanalise]

You just taught us how to make a both toxic and explosive compound.

[oglow100]

@wowdanalise silver nitrate isn't easy to get anyway

[wowdanalise]

@oglow100

You make a good point, you can make more volatile and toxic compounds for far cheaper.

[oglow100]

@wowdanalise yup haha

[EKUL34]

@oglow100 you can buy 10g SILVER NITRATE on ebay for $14 :P

[oglow100]

@EKUL34 lmaoooo are u srs??? that means i stand corrected

[mario8401]

It's not only to determine aldehyde group !!!!!!!!!!! but oxidaze them to carboxylic acid when aldehyde is sensitive to oxidaze by Jones reagent in acidic medium

[Malakaaaaaaaaaaaaaah]

It's Tollens' reagent wich is a chemical reagent most commonly used to determine if the compound is an aldehyde or a ketone.

[TranquilizedKitten]

What level is your alchemy?!?!??



[dubWeeDdub]

@TranquilizedKitten i think 99

[tomattosfutleimierda]

sulfur hexafluoride ?

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[BionicleFreek99]

exsplosive!?!?!?! O_o

[theKDMfilms]

@Mellow1904 FUCK YOU. Be nice to nerds, you could be working for one. And if you think bullies are mean, check your boss

[Mellow1904]

your a geek get a life

[devilslaya25]

drink it :P

[sold1million]

Maybe that's not all he can make of chemicals!

[Left4Danny2]

Me: (watching ad) Hmmm...I'll take the fridge

Fridge:(Blows up)

Me:.....FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF­FFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!

[getdown1983]

Hey nurdrage i think this can important for you and other..

:The relativ atom masses are to handel (addit) with (g/mol=x*10^-36) for the exactly molecularmass, divide it by the number of atoms and verb they paralell to the exactly ratio you want. You can to addit the sames atoms before do the paralell verbs.

It is a kind of magic sure.

Amazon.de sell an periodensystem with relative atommasses and more (study knowledge).

I like the texas instrument calculators (not the cheapest).

[KiyoGaliga478]

What happens if you swallow like a tinsy bit like 1 drop of this stuff?

[RitikGupta5D]

@KiyoGaliga478 R.I.P.

[fuchikoma22]

who else got high and looked at "how to make a mirror"?