I have about 200 hundred that is gold and my wife has about 300 hundred that is silver. Can someone tell about how will it to get 1 gram of gold? The one that looks silver are they silver? And how do you think will it take to get 1 gram.
Not trying to be smart but that seems to be pretty high. If my maths is correct it would only take 400 strips to give you 36 grams.mdghamon said:Yield of 10 gold strips is @ .09 grams, silver is a slight bit less but they are silver. Keep saving and make sure you use a nitric bath to remove any organic matter first. It will also act to dissolve the silver for cementing. Very good luck with the process. Mike
madmax said:Not trying to be smart but that seems to be pretty high. If my maths is correct it would only take 400 strips to give you 36 grams.mdghamon said:Yield of 10 gold strips is @ .09 grams, silver is a slight bit less but they are silver. Keep saving and make sure you use a nitric bath to remove any organic matter first. It will also act to dissolve the silver for cementing. Very good luck with the process. Mike
Is that 24k or lower.
I've got around 500 of the little buggers, tried soaking in hot soapy water for 2 days. Ended up peeling the top layer off by hand, then tried boiling them in plain water.
Still no result.
Don't have any acids or such yet so basically just hunter gathering bits and pieces.
Your number is right about 3500 strips would be about 32 grams of gold. There no base metal to deal with.Auful said:madmax said:Not trying to be smart but that seems to be pretty high. If my maths is correct it would only take 400 strips to give you 36 grams.mdghamon said:Yield of 10 gold strips is @ .09 grams, silver is a slight bit less but they are silver. Keep saving and make sure you use a nitric bath to remove any organic matter first. It will also act to dissolve the silver for cementing. Very good luck with the process. Mike
Is that 24k or lower.
I've got around 500 of the little buggers, tried soaking in hot soapy water for 2 days. Ended up peeling the top layer off by hand, then tried boiling them in plain water.
Still no result.
Don't have any acids or such yet so basically just hunter gathering bits and pieces.
10 gold strips yielding .09 grams = .09g gold/10 strips = .009 gram gold per strip. 400 * .009 = 3.6 not 36, right?
Thanks Mike, I'm gathering all the bits and pieces I can at the moment.mdghamon said:Max, you can heat the gold strips with a propanne torch or even a cigarette lighter to shrivel them. this will release the glue in seconds rather than hours. The key, as Jack has noted is to accumulate as much as possible and do your preliminary processing as you can. Just put all of it aside until you can get the acids you need. PM me if you have any questions or problems with your process. Mike
How many strips did you melt down? And how big was it?madmax said:I'm in the middle of trying to process around 500 strips. It's been a bugger trying to remove the glue.
The strips are simple enough a plastic base strip layer of gold glue and a cover strip.
I tried sitting in hot water to remove the glue.
Then I tried boiling in Sodium Hydroxide the gold did come of but the glue turned to a jelly like substance and clogs the filters with the gold.
Did try melting a couple they ignited and burnt down to a black sticky lump with a tiny piece of gold.
I even peeled the top layer off of them while I sat here reading the forum to see if it helped, very tedious job and hard on arthritic fingers and certainly not viable with large batches.
I know I have lost some values, but I figure this is a learning exercise and practise will make better.
Costwise I had to buy the strips to watch my sugar levels as the Doctor told me I was pre diabetic. As such I was not able to get them on the PBBS and had to pay around $60 a box of 100.
Another thing to bear in mind is with the ACCU-CHEK strips is a coded chip that looks like it contains gold as well.
Hope my limited experiences help others and we can find an easy way to process these little things.
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