Great to be here on the forum with you all!

[O'Neil]

PGM'S are my thing rather than au, but still love em all of course!! Have done chemical refining (ap method) as well as furnace. Not really a beginner nor expert, still lots to learn.

 

[Yggdrasil]

PGM'S are my thing rather than au, but still love em all of course!! Have done chemical refining (ap method) as well as furnace. Not really a beginner nor expert, still lots to learn.

Welcome to us.
PGMs are an order of magnitude harder than Gold and Silver and also in toxicity.
Most professional refiners don't even touch it.

 

[Yggdrasil]

PGM'S are my thing rather than au, but still love em all of course!! Have done chemical refining (ap method) as well as furnace. Not really a beginner nor expert, still lots to learn.

Just to add.
AP is not a refining method nor is anything with a furnace.
That is recovery and concentration.

 

[O'Neil]

Wow that was fast! I'm learning already, thx!

 

[O'Neil]

Welcome to us.
PGMs are an order of magnitude harder than Gold and Silver and also in toxicity.
Most professional refiners don't even touch it.

First off, interesting name given that I'm on long Island! Secondly, I agree the magnitude of difficulty is through the roof but it's worth the trial. Getting a hard time from refiners as well. Thx for that point, I thought they were just trying to screw me over.

 

[Yggdrasil]

First off, interesting name given that I'm on long Island! Secondly, I agree the magnitude of difficulty is through the roof but it's worth the trial. Getting a hard time from refiners as well. Thx for that point, I thought they were just trying to screw me over.

Hmm, I can't see what Yggdrasil has to do with Long Island.

 

[O'Neil]

Hmm, I can't see what Yggdrasil has to do with Long Island.

the image of yggdrasil and long Island looks similar to me, or maybe that's bit of a stretch..

 

[Yggdrasil]

the image of yggdrasil and long Island looks similar to me, or maybe that's bit of a stretch..

Yggdrasil was the tree that held up the worlds in Norse mythology.

 

[O'Neil]

Hmm, I can't see what Yggdrasil has to do with Long Island.

Correction I confused yggdrasil with the name of the tree worm nidhogg. Deepest apologies..

 

[Yggdrasil]

Correction I confused yggdrasil with the name of the tree worm nidhogg. Deepest apologies..

No problem.

 

[Barstool miner]

PGM'S are my thing rather than au, but still love em all of course!! Have done chemical refining (ap method) as well as furnace. Not really a beginner nor expert, still lots to learn.

Welcome O'Neil,
I have a lot to do with Palladium, I find measurable amounts of this metal in Ewaste. I need to find an economical method for smelting small Quantities of Palladium. I have found a reference, on the internet, of how to smelt Palladium powder using a Tig Welder. I have not got any further, Hope someone can help

PGM'S are my thing rather than au, but still love em all of course!! Have done chemical refining (ap method) as well as furnace. Not really a beginner nor expert, still lots to learn.

 

[Yggdrasil]

Welcome O'Neil,
I have a lot to do with Palladium, I find measurable amounts of this metal in Ewaste. I need to find an economical method for smelting small Quantities of Palladium. I have found a reference, on the internet, of how to smelt Palladium powder using a Tig Welder. I have not got any further, Hope someone can help

I think you mean melting.
A tig welder will not be suitable with fluxes and crucibles.

 

[4metals]

I have found a reference, on the internet, of how to smelt Palladium powder

is that Palladium metal powder or a salt of Palladium like Palladium Dimethylglyoxime or Palladium Chloroplatinate?

 

[Barstool miner]

I precipitated the Pd metal powder from the PdHCl solution with Castible Aluminium.
I am adding a video and a picture
The Popping sound in the video comes from Hydrogen igniting at the Surface of the Hydrochloric acid. Sorry I cannot send
The fine white crystals are Palladium Chloride crystals from Aqua Regia leach after I decanted the AR
My secret to getting Pd crystal to drop out of leach solution is Proprietary

 

[Yggdrasil]

I precipitated the Pd metal powder from the PdHCl solution with Castible Aluminium.
I am adding a video and a picture
The Popping sound in the video comes from Hydrogen igniting at the Surface of the Hydrochloric acid. Sorry I cannot send
The fine white crystals are Palladium Chloride crystals from Aqua Regia leach after I decanted the AR
My secret to getting Pd crystal to drop out of leach solution is Proprietary

Sorry mate, but this looks like Lead Chloride to me.
From where did you get your Pd?
Pd chloride salts are usually a maroon red/brown color.

 

[Barstool miner]

This Pd. and Gold is left behind in my Anode bag sludge after I leach Jet engine bearings Dore's bars for Silver. Over the past 10 years, I have recovered 500 Kg of Silver from 60 tons of Refinery Slag.

 

[adam mizer]

I precipitated the Pd metal powder from the PdHCl solution with Castible Aluminium.
I am adding a video and a picture
The Popping sound in the video comes from Hydrogen igniting at the Surface of the Hydrochloric acid. Sorry I cannot send
The fine white crystals are Palladium Chloride crystals from Aqua Regia leach after I decanted the AR
My secret to getting Pd crystal to drop out of leach solution is Proprietary

I saw this crystal.
He made it by mistake in a video.

 

[Barstool miner]

My video was too long to send by Email I am going to try Dropbox

 

[Barstool miner]

I think you mean melting.
A tig welder will not be suitable with fluxes and crucibles.

I do not need Fluxes for my palladium metal powder, only Argon to keep the Oxygen Out

 

[Yggdrasil]

I do not need Fluxes for my palladium metal powder, only Argon to keep the Oxygen Out

You said, and I quote:

I have found a reference, on the internet, of how to smelt Palladium powder using a Tig Welder

Smelting means the use of fluxes and that was what I commented on.