[beheada]

So for the 1 year anniversary I've decided I have to have a badass gift for my girlfriend. My girlfriend's spirit animal is a moose and I can't find anything really cool with a moose, so instead I plan on making a home-made moose for her. To do this I'm planning on using a bunch of copper wire that is bent into the shape of a moose and then dropping this figure into a solution of silver nitrate. I currently have 10 grams of silver nitrate and I'm trying to figure out the best way to calculate how much silver will attach itself to the wire and what the final product will look like without just making a horrible looking moose. If I leave gaps in the wire will the silver fill those gaps if I use less wire and more silver!?

So basically, has anyone ever done a silver tree project or something similar to it? Perhaps someone could help me with what the reaction will actually look like. I don't want to wind up with a silver colored version of the wire frame I start with, but rather an entirely hollow silver moose.

Hit me with tips or if you've tried it, experience. The anniversary is on the 17th, so I have until then to shape this moose up and figure out the molarity of my solution/weight of the frame.

Thanks in advance for any *delete me*

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Never tried it, but it sounds like a cool idea.  You may want to get a backup gift just in case, though...

[constant thinker]

In my experiments with copper wire in silver nitrate, the silver tends to fall off the copper wire really easily....

Maybe it's just me.

[billnotgatez]

You might want to use the moose frame idea to surround a flowerpot. Sort of an artistic addition to the pot itself. Then you do not have to worry about it being solid looking.


http://www.wirehorses.com/animal_figurines.html

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Sounds cool!  Might also help if there were something planted.