I am having a problem disolving pure silver in nitric acid.
I melted a .999 silver coin and fell the drops in cold water to make shot. Then put it in the 50% nitric recipe that Steve came up with. I added no water to the nitric. It did not react until heated, Then it formed a crust like concrete on it. There was some greyish purple stuff on the bottom of the beaker, from what diid come off the silver. Then it just quit reacting once the crust formed.
I tried another silver shot in 70% lab grade nitric & a little water. Again, no reaction untill heated, and the crust formed on that. I cranked up the heat and then it apparently ate thru the crust and disolved the silver inside, leaaving a spent shell of a slag like thing.
Wanted to get the silver thing down before I try to inquart karat gold. I just bought a bunch of 14 karat gold, now thinking that maybe I screwed up if it's going to give trouble.
Anyone ever had this happen to them? Or maybe I just need to heat the nitric up 1st, before adding the silver.
I melted a .999 silver coin and fell the drops in cold water to make shot. Then put it in the 50% nitric recipe that Steve came up with. I added no water to the nitric. It did not react until heated, Then it formed a crust like concrete on it. There was some greyish purple stuff on the bottom of the beaker, from what diid come off the silver. Then it just quit reacting once the crust formed.
I tried another silver shot in 70% lab grade nitric & a little water. Again, no reaction untill heated, and the crust formed on that. I cranked up the heat and then it apparently ate thru the crust and disolved the silver inside, leaaving a spent shell of a slag like thing.
Wanted to get the silver thing down before I try to inquart karat gold. I just bought a bunch of 14 karat gold, now thinking that maybe I screwed up if it's going to give trouble.
Anyone ever had this happen to them? Or maybe I just need to heat the nitric up 1st, before adding the silver.