i know i am doing somethingwrong

[steyr223]

Ok a long time ago(1 month)
I asked if running your cell hot would take
Your gold or just be there with your gold
I was told the later
Opps :shock: wrong question
I should have asked what happens when you
Melt it
Well it went into solution like gold, the black slime
looked normal, it came out of solution but it needed
Heat to drop and suspended for quite a while
So I guess these are my clues that something is wrong.
I melted today all the gold collected from the cell
And some from a/p. Should have been 4-6 grams
Haven't weighed buy less than 1 gram and its black on top
definitely not my norm. I knew as soon as I said it seems
to be taking to long to melt.
Back to the start. "@ least it wasn't an ounce"

 

[steyr223]

Hi again
I started thinking about my melt
I saw all the gold that dropped. Not
The same that melted
Wouldn't that mean my gold is in my melting dish

How wouldi go about getting it
I will post a pic of the dish tomorrow
thanks Steyr223 rob

 

[steyr223]

The dish appears red but I am color blind
Iron oxide or iron sulfate. Maybe? Just a guess.
thanks

 

[steyr223]

I ground up the dish the finest I could and put
It back inti solution (hcl/bleach)
I got about .3 grams more excellent color.

By the way my contaminated nugget was. 7 grams and
A woppin 84%
Thanks everyone rob

 

[g_axelsson]

That red color in the dish looks a lot like lead oxide (litharge), maybe a byproduct from the cell or traces from solder.
On your description it sounded like you didn't refine your gold after the cell or AP, just melted it down. That should also explain the large part of contaminants in it (16%).
If you collected all that's left after AP then you probably got a lot of lead from solder as that isn't very soluble in AP.

Göran

 

[steyr223]

I always refine with hcl/bleach
After I am done filtering my a/p or slimes from the cell
I drop my filters in hcl/bleach. Until there is no more back
or gold
Then I filter my auric chloride through a series of
Chairman plugs until crystal clear

I'm sure Geo had it right. Oxides and sulphates
From running it diluted and hot