Rob I hope it is good but the flakes or foils gives me the impression you are looking at plated material not a solid alloy.
Gold plated copper wire with nickel
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steyr223
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Nick ,everyone
Yes I also think it is just plated but there is now a good amount of foils( small in size) and the wire doesn't look like it has deteriorated at all
40 grams was only 10 or so 2½ inch pieces
Anyways my friend decided to start a new process
AP with large amounts of h2o2 and then just to add more wire to push the gold back out
At least he understands it drops as powder
Doesn't the gold drag down the copper when it is dropped this way
He plans on recovery only not refining( I will not guide him when it comes to bleach or nitric
so he will have to figure that out on his own)
Here is some more pics of the wire
Yes I also think it is just plated but there is now a good amount of foils( small in size) and the wire doesn't look like it has deteriorated at all
40 grams was only 10 or so 2½ inch pieces
Anyways my friend decided to start a new process
AP with large amounts of h2o2 and then just to add more wire to push the gold back out
At least he understands it drops as powder
Doesn't the gold drag down the copper when it is dropped this way
He plans on recovery only not refining( I will not guide him when it comes to bleach or nitric
so he will have to figure that out on his own)
Here is some more pics of the wire
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steyr223
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Hello everyone
Well ...the foils look to be about ,25 - .4 grams
But, the copper still looks untouched
I know AP is slow but not this slow.
I should have mashed the wires for more surface area but really don't want to do that now due to losses
Any suggestions
Thanks Steyr223 Rob
Well ...the foils look to be about ,25 - .4 grams
But, the copper still looks untouched
I know AP is slow but not this slow.
I should have mashed the wires for more surface area but really don't want to do that now due to losses
Any suggestions
Thanks Steyr223 Rob
