BLUF: I found a patent application (1993) for generation of Silver Nitrate via Nitric Acid + Peroxide which I thought would be worth sharing
As I spend this winter looking for more raw precious metal stock, I've begun rebuilding my Silver Cell and as part of the research I saw someone had mentioned by adding peroxide to their nitric acid while dissolving silver it would reduce the amount of NOx fumes that are generated/lost during the reaction by re-constituting the NOx as nitric acid. Is anyone doing this? Does it have any impact upon a silver cell? I'm going to do a deeper dive into the electro-chemistry regarding having the peroxide present in the electrolyte. Thanks for any insights regarding this process.
Elemental
As I spend this winter looking for more raw precious metal stock, I've begun rebuilding my Silver Cell and as part of the research I saw someone had mentioned by adding peroxide to their nitric acid while dissolving silver it would reduce the amount of NOx fumes that are generated/lost during the reaction by re-constituting the NOx as nitric acid. Is anyone doing this? Does it have any impact upon a silver cell? I'm going to do a deeper dive into the electro-chemistry regarding having the peroxide present in the electrolyte. Thanks for any insights regarding this process.
Elemental