Hey fellas, Newb here having some trouble precipitating gold from my acid/bleach experiment.
I had done a number of attempts earlier and had good results. All of these were less than a gram
each though, because I didn't want to screw up and lose a good amount of gold.
This time I had about a 1 lb. of fingers recovered and figured I would do 1/2 of them and everything would be OK. Not.
Did the same as the smaller amounts, dissolved in acid/bleach, filtered, dilute with distilled water,
then add SMB. Now.... A small amount of gold on the bottom of my beaker and still have gold in solution.
I figure there should be about 2 grams or so left. How do I get it out of there? Did some searching and lots of reading to no avail. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. :?
I had done a number of attempts earlier and had good results. All of these were less than a gram
each though, because I didn't want to screw up and lose a good amount of gold.
This time I had about a 1 lb. of fingers recovered and figured I would do 1/2 of them and everything would be OK. Not.
Did the same as the smaller amounts, dissolved in acid/bleach, filtered, dilute with distilled water,
then add SMB. Now.... A small amount of gold on the bottom of my beaker and still have gold in solution.
I figure there should be about 2 grams or so left. How do I get it out of there? Did some searching and lots of reading to no avail. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. :?