Envisioning Chemistry: Black (Lead) and White (Silver)

Under a microscope, copper and zinc dropped into silver nitrate and lead nitrate solutions sprout delicate metal crystals, revealing how differently silver and lead grow.

Mesmerising microscope footage turns a textbook chemistry reaction into a hypnotic bloom of growing metal crystals.

A film about the growth of white silver and black lead during metal displacement reactions. All footages were captured with a microscope. This film is part of Envisioning Chemistry (beautyofscience.com/ec), the sequel to

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