BysteSize Science: Super Buoyant: New Materials Could Make a Horse Float

The crystals of silver nitrate on the surface of these copper mesh boats look a lot like the dendritic silver crystals that we can see under the microscope in our single replacement reactions between copper wire and silver nitrate. At least that's what they look like if the image shown in the video is accurate.

I am consistently amazed at the application of simple concepts that we study in class.