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4 INCREDIBLE Science Experiments! How to Make Silver Mirror and more

How to make a mirror silvering solution from silver nitrate, ammonia, sugar and sodium hydroxide. Glass surfaces can be given coatings of silver that make them into mirrors. WARNING: Perform the whole experiment in less than two hours. This is because the solution generates extremely dangerous/explosive silver nitride on standing. Also, the solution will give […]

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Drawing carbon nanotubes on paper at MIT

Carbon nanotubes offer a powerful new way to detect harmful gases in the environment. However, the methods typically used to build carbon nanotube sensors are hazardous and not suited for large-scale production. A new fabrication method created by MIT chemists — as simple as drawing a line on a sheet of paper — may overcome […]

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5 Salt Tricks That Look Like Magic

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