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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4107360, member: 27832"]Not to be too pedantic in turn -- oh, what the heck, I'm being pedantic. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Oxidation</i> doesn't just mean "combining with oxygen". Oxygen, sulfur, and chlorine can each oxidize silver. They combine with the silver to form a compound where the silver has a positive charge (has lost electrons). That disrupts the metallic surface -- instead of being part of the surface, those silver atoms are now stuck in compounds.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can <i>reduce</i> the silver, turning it back into silver metal, but you can't put it back in the same place on the surface that it came from. Most dips don't do that anyhow -- instead, they take away the silver that's already reacted, along with the stuff it's reacted with. Many dips will also remove more metal from the surface, especially if you use them too long, or at the wrong strength, or without removing/neutralizing them afterward.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4107360, member: 27832"]Not to be too pedantic in turn -- oh, what the heck, I'm being pedantic. :rolleyes: [I]Oxidation[/I] doesn't just mean "combining with oxygen". Oxygen, sulfur, and chlorine can each oxidize silver. They combine with the silver to form a compound where the silver has a positive charge (has lost electrons). That disrupts the metallic surface -- instead of being part of the surface, those silver atoms are now stuck in compounds. You can [I]reduce[/I] the silver, turning it back into silver metal, but you can't put it back in the same place on the surface that it came from. Most dips don't do that anyhow -- instead, they take away the silver that's already reacted, along with the stuff it's reacted with. Many dips will also remove more metal from the surface, especially if you use them too long, or at the wrong strength, or without removing/neutralizing them afterward.[/QUOTE]
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