The experiment as a whole was unsuccessful. We found that you need to keep Silver Nitrate at a near freezing temperature in order to discourage it from bonding to the saw dust. Although the experiment was unsuccessful in the desired outcome, we learned that Silver Nitrate needed to be cold or that we needed to use a hard wood saw dust. After separating the mixture and being left with a liquid, we boiled the solution and instead of being left with crystals like the lab was intended for, we were left with a black liquid. The experiment was not successful in our original goal but we learned new factors that have to be accounted for in this lab.
