NobleMetalWorks
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I am looking for information on how to properly process nano silver into a powder.
The way I see it I need to take these three steps after precipitation in order to produce a powder I can then use for silver clay.
Settling the nano silver to the bottom of a beaker. I am thinking about using ultra sonic and possibly an IKA vibration platform.
Evaporating the left over fluid after decanting, I don't plan on filtering because the nano spheres are too small, so I would decant as much as possible before evaporating the residual. I would evaporate in a vacuum desiccator in a fused crystal crucible.
After evaporation, and to make sure all the organic material used to create the nano spheres is incinerated, I would apply heat enough to burn off any left over organics. I thought in a fused crystal crucible, I would be able to incinerate the silver without it coating the inside of the crucible.
I know there must be better ways of doing what I am attempting, I know so very little about chemistry and the apparatuses used in chemistry. I have the laboratory companion but going through it I don't see anything specific that can help me. If anyone has any experience at all in this, can you point me in the direction of whatever it is I should read, or where I might hunt down information?
Thank you
Scott
The way I see it I need to take these three steps after precipitation in order to produce a powder I can then use for silver clay.
Settling the nano silver to the bottom of a beaker. I am thinking about using ultra sonic and possibly an IKA vibration platform.
Evaporating the left over fluid after decanting, I don't plan on filtering because the nano spheres are too small, so I would decant as much as possible before evaporating the residual. I would evaporate in a vacuum desiccator in a fused crystal crucible.
After evaporation, and to make sure all the organic material used to create the nano spheres is incinerated, I would apply heat enough to burn off any left over organics. I thought in a fused crystal crucible, I would be able to incinerate the silver without it coating the inside of the crucible.
I know there must be better ways of doing what I am attempting, I know so very little about chemistry and the apparatuses used in chemistry. I have the laboratory companion but going through it I don't see anything specific that can help me. If anyone has any experience at all in this, can you point me in the direction of whatever it is I should read, or where I might hunt down information?
Thank you
Scott
