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This is a fantastic experiment. That said, it can get very expensive so be warned!
It is best to use a brand new boiling tube for this experiment otherwise the mirror formed will have many imperfections to it.
Obviously, the main use for ammoniacal Silver Nitrate is as a test for Ketones; the ketone gets oxidised to the carboxylic acid and the silver complex gets reduced to silver.
Works well as a demo to lower years to show that compounds differ from their constituent elements.
If you have any other ideas or comments regarding this reaction please email me and I will add them here.
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