I have my late grandpa’s silver spoon attached to my fridge with a neodymium magnet. What kind of chemical reaction causes that discolouration?
I have my late grandpa’s silver spoon attached to my fridge with a neodymium magnet. What kind of chemical reaction causes that discolouration?
this multicolored pattern looks like this because thickness of layer of whatever is comparable to light wavelength, mechanism is the same as in oil layers on water being colorful. it didn’t spread from magnet, the layer is thinnest near magnet and becomes thicker near edges, which suggest it might be just dirt/oils that accumulated on it by contact. try wiping it with alcohol or acetone or what have you