Why aluminum foil in boiling water cleans silverware

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 …

CONTINUE READING ON THE NEXT PAGE

👇 👇 👇 👇 👇