Tarnished silver isn’t dirty—it’s silver sulfide, formed when silver reacts with sulfur compounds in the air.
When you put silver + aluminum foil + baking soda + hot water together, you create a simple electrochemical reaction:
Aluminum is more reactive than silver
Sulfur “prefers” aluminum over silver
The sulfur transfers from the silver to the aluminum
The silver is reduced back …
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