mlgdave
Well-known member
I know its me not the processes.
I have tried converting AgCl using sulphuric and iron and got a rusty solution (I suspect I had unused nitric that wasnt completely washed off)
I did AgCl and sulphuric washed really well and used aluminum to precip and got these waxy clear crystals in the solution
and when I melt the resultant "silver" it smokes BAD and takes a long time with an oxy/acet torch to melt and I seemingly have a low yeild (a 20 ounce melting dish full to top melted results in about 4 oz silver)
I just did my first ever AgCl using lye and karo corn syrup, the AgCl seemed to convert to metal right away and I thought "do I need corn syrup"? I added it, the stuff got pretty warm, the water got black, and the resultant wet material filled a 10 ounce melting dish and then when melted i got 7 grams total and a lot of green "slag"
any tips or "to try" ideas?
mlgdave
ps.........Im still loving the refining aspect just struggling with the silver
I have tried converting AgCl using sulphuric and iron and got a rusty solution (I suspect I had unused nitric that wasnt completely washed off)
I did AgCl and sulphuric washed really well and used aluminum to precip and got these waxy clear crystals in the solution
I just did my first ever AgCl using lye and karo corn syrup, the AgCl seemed to convert to metal right away and I thought "do I need corn syrup"? I added it, the stuff got pretty warm, the water got black, and the resultant wet material filled a 10 ounce melting dish and then when melted i got 7 grams total and a lot of green "slag"
any tips or "to try" ideas?
mlgdave
ps.........Im still loving the refining aspect just struggling with the silver