odoylerules
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So my friend has recently decided he wants to start getting into amateur gold refining, after seeing some videos on youtube.. mainly extracting from computer parts and other electronic scrap. When he first told me about all this I thought it sounded pretty neat and told him I might be interested in getting in on it as well. But I've gotta be honest the more I read the warier I get about the whole idea. To begin with he wants to do this in his apartment, on the balcony (hazardous vapors, anyone??), and we really have nowhere else to store all the toxic wastes this is going to produce. And that's just one of my reservations about doing it. Also neither of us have any significant background in chemistry beyond basic college material. It's hard to find specifics on a lot of stuff still, but my main question is, would you say that refining in an apartment (either with sodium cyanide OR with hydrochloric and nitric acids) is definitely something you should NEVER do? That's the idea I'm getting, but my friend remains as determined as ever to see this thing through.. :|
Any advice or information would really be appreciated. Thanks!
Any advice or information would really be appreciated. Thanks!