alvaschein
Active member
Hi all
I even come of melting down about 1.7 g of gold in a crucible when something very strange happened.
First I put the gold to the primed crucible and then added a bit of flux (Auropurifax: mixture of K2CO3, KNO3 and Na2B4O7·10H2O). The melting was OK until suddenly it happens: I heard a sound like from a firecracker and all the gold has gone. On the bottom of the picture you can see the shadow of the gold button. I couldn't find any trace of gold on my working space. The whole work of recovering the gold for the birds!
I kept with my mouth open - what was this?
What happened? Did I heat it too much? Or was it the flux I used the first time? I really don't know. It's the first time I see it happen.
Has anyone an idea? Thanks very much.
Roy
I even come of melting down about 1.7 g of gold in a crucible when something very strange happened.
First I put the gold to the primed crucible and then added a bit of flux (Auropurifax: mixture of K2CO3, KNO3 and Na2B4O7·10H2O). The melting was OK until suddenly it happens: I heard a sound like from a firecracker and all the gold has gone. On the bottom of the picture you can see the shadow of the gold button. I couldn't find any trace of gold on my working space. The whole work of recovering the gold for the birds!
I kept with my mouth open - what was this?
What happened? Did I heat it too much? Or was it the flux I used the first time? I really don't know. It's the first time I see it happen.
Has anyone an idea? Thanks very much.
Roy