Lab grade Iron from Nitric waste solution?

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stella polaris

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As you understand this is not the place for this question but i did not know were to place it. Feel free to change.

I was watching an entertaining video about chemistry and Iron. 2 hours of fun.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...5FE17D77B1BB2532A9695FE17D77B1BB&&FORM=VDRVRV

Short in to the video he shows Lab grade iron. He also explains how expensive lab grade iron is. (about 14-15 usd/pound for powder.) At this moment an idea strikes me. Is it possible to make, in a inexpensive way, lab grade iron, from Nitric waste solution were the copper been dropped out with iron? The iron is in solution but can I by a simple method get it out pure enough? This without turning the waste solution more toxic.
 
Zinc works great for dropping iron out of the solution. The purity essentially depends on how pure your sources are, how clean your setup is, etc etc. I have 2l of iron solution with zinc in it now. Should be mostly fully reacted by tomorrow morning.
 
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