Hi All,
Newish to the forum, mainly reading in the background. I am currently running a copper cell on my very low gold grand ingots (mainly copper content) using the cell to get the copper off and processing the slimes for gold, i did a small test run which went perfectly, scaled up and ran longer (as was needed to get through the bar) but after a week the electrolyte started to get dark almost black and the copper deposits became thin, dark and a bit smelly. Im guessing it started to pull other pollutants like zinc and silver maybe.
My question i guess is...is that electrolyte now dead? is there a process for cleaning it back to its bright clear blue start point?
If not and the electrolyte has a 'shelf life' then what is the best and green/safe proper way to dispose of it, should mention its copper sulfate to clarify.
Newish to the forum, mainly reading in the background. I am currently running a copper cell on my very low gold grand ingots (mainly copper content) using the cell to get the copper off and processing the slimes for gold, i did a small test run which went perfectly, scaled up and ran longer (as was needed to get through the bar) but after a week the electrolyte started to get dark almost black and the copper deposits became thin, dark and a bit smelly. Im guessing it started to pull other pollutants like zinc and silver maybe.
My question i guess is...is that electrolyte now dead? is there a process for cleaning it back to its bright clear blue start point?
If not and the electrolyte has a 'shelf life' then what is the best and green/safe proper way to dispose of it, should mention its copper sulfate to clarify.