It is true some food products labeled as baby carrots are made by cutting down larger roots, and that these items can be treated with chlorine during processing. However, itâs not true thereâs anything wrong with the larger carrots theyâre made from, or that the resultant vegetables reach consumers in a chlorine-soaked state.
The silver is reduced to elemental silver and the copper is oxidized to copper(II): Cu(0) + 2AgNO 3 = Cu(NO 3) 2 + 2Ag(0). The silver crystallizes at the surface of the copper and the copper wire quickly becomes coated with a bunch of elemental silver.
Think of your silver and silver-plated things as ongoing science experiments. When silver comes into contact with sulfur or chlorine in the air or in a material, the sulfur or chlorine will start a chemical reaction with the silver. The result is silver sulfide or silver chloride which is commonly known as tarnish.