Rachello
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Hey guys...
Does anyone know what the metal is under gold plating mesh? This is specifically a sheet of gold plated mesh companies use to plate gold onto ...anything they need to gold plate.
I search & search the forum, only to come across copper mesh used in a sulfuric cell.
It has a diamond pattern with interlocking strands fused together. The metal ends in a point w/ the intersecting lines crossing each other @ 12 o’clock, 11 & 1 o’clock & back to 12, respectively = the diamond pattern. It comes in (roughly) a 2’ x1.5’ sheet. The gold is not shiny but Matte. As per plating onto items.
I recently stumbled onto a quantity of this. I have cut it down into smaller pieces to fit my cell. Each sheet has equaled roughly 9 grams of pure gold. I say “roughly” because I can process more than one sheet in my cell & depending on the size I cut the pieces in, it’s; give or take a very close estimate.
The hardest part is cutting the stuff! It is non-magnetic & hold its own against every acid I’ve touched it too. The gold strips off easily. I have been using smaller tin snips to cut it. It is still a struggle & very sharp & rigid. Bending it is very hard & I have cut my knuckles several times.
Almost like surgical steel blades but more flexural strength with very little flexural modulus (It does not snap or break but bends). Because of this I haven’t processed anymore until I find a better way to cut it.
I have been molding & using the ‘mesh’ as a basket in my cell.
It works wonders! Strips gold of my plated stuff like a dream!...while producing very little heat! It does not dissolve under heat or under solutions of H2SO4 not fully concentrated, or have “taken on” H2O in use, as Cu does.
Apart from visiting my guy with an RXF , I’m just wondering if all the masses of knowledge in the forum have any experience.
I’ve been calling it “Adamantium”...you know... b/c it’s awesome :mrgreen:
In the beginning I was dumbfounded with why my cell just “quit” so quickly! Later, I realized...joyfully it was “full”!
I am not @ my Plant or I would send a pic. I will as soon as I am there (usually on Friday to hand out paychecks).
Any & all knowledge is welcome here
Rachel
Does anyone know what the metal is under gold plating mesh? This is specifically a sheet of gold plated mesh companies use to plate gold onto ...anything they need to gold plate.
I search & search the forum, only to come across copper mesh used in a sulfuric cell.
It has a diamond pattern with interlocking strands fused together. The metal ends in a point w/ the intersecting lines crossing each other @ 12 o’clock, 11 & 1 o’clock & back to 12, respectively = the diamond pattern. It comes in (roughly) a 2’ x1.5’ sheet. The gold is not shiny but Matte. As per plating onto items.
I recently stumbled onto a quantity of this. I have cut it down into smaller pieces to fit my cell. Each sheet has equaled roughly 9 grams of pure gold. I say “roughly” because I can process more than one sheet in my cell & depending on the size I cut the pieces in, it’s; give or take a very close estimate.
The hardest part is cutting the stuff! It is non-magnetic & hold its own against every acid I’ve touched it too. The gold strips off easily. I have been using smaller tin snips to cut it. It is still a struggle & very sharp & rigid. Bending it is very hard & I have cut my knuckles several times.
Almost like surgical steel blades but more flexural strength with very little flexural modulus (It does not snap or break but bends). Because of this I haven’t processed anymore until I find a better way to cut it.
I have been molding & using the ‘mesh’ as a basket in my cell.
It works wonders! Strips gold of my plated stuff like a dream!...while producing very little heat! It does not dissolve under heat or under solutions of H2SO4 not fully concentrated, or have “taken on” H2O in use, as Cu does.
Apart from visiting my guy with an RXF , I’m just wondering if all the masses of knowledge in the forum have any experience.
I’ve been calling it “Adamantium”...you know... b/c it’s awesome :mrgreen:
In the beginning I was dumbfounded with why my cell just “quit” so quickly! Later, I realized...joyfully it was “full”!
I am not @ my Plant or I would send a pic. I will as soon as I am there (usually on Friday to hand out paychecks).
Any & all knowledge is welcome here
Rachel