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[steyr223]

hey how is everyone doing
sorry about vanishing for so long but were moving so we shutdown our network connection
i might vanish again as i am war diving right now

Question :
round glass pot
led cathode
stainless steel round dish rising up out of pot on one side for anode
12v car battery
cup or so of sulfuric acid (i ran out) and 7.5 ml of glycerin from walgreens

:: this was only to be an experiment::

added maybe 60 pins from ribbon connections (hard drive type) board side into stainless steel dish
i am pretty sure it worked just like lasersteves video

were is the gold? in steve's video he never mentions if it goes into solution (which i think is impossible
but i have no experience as to what the glycerin does)
as to the subject what is the gray (remember im color blind) mucky heavy substance
is it possibly lead sulphate and what are all the different layers in the solution
some stuff seems to be suspended i did have a little crust build up around the ss dish

anyways any help would be appreciated
gots more questions but different subject

thank you
steyr223

 

[Geo]

that is a way too small of an amount to see any appreciable amount of gold. the gold will self precipitate as a black powder in the bottom of the glass vessel below the cathode.glycerin is not needed (steve needs to update his video).i really need to see a picture of your cell,from your description im not sure it would work anyway but it sounds interesting.

 

[steyr223]

thank you geo
after decanting some liquid i added water to the black gray muk
let it sit over night and noticed all the muk was floating at the top
until i touched it then it easily broke up into micro pieces
and settled to the bottom quickly

at first it almost looked like the way blood or maybe an egg in water looks thick
and clingy what is this some type of sulphate
i believe holk says lead referring to solder is acted upon by sulfuric acid
to make lead sulfate which is insoluble in water or acid

 

[Geo]

the gray is most likely lead.try boiling water and see if it dissolves.

 

[Harold_V]

the gray is most likely lead.try boiling water and see if it dissolves.

It won't dissolve if it's a sulfate. It does dissolve if it's a nitrate. Lead sulfate is eliminated by filtration.

Harold

 

[steyr223]

-hello again back for 1 sec
thank you both for the prompt support
i will attempt when i get a chance

and i believe holk stated concentrated nitric covers the the lead with a coating as to not let
the nitric acid attack it but when adding a little water it would dissolve lead nitrate

thanks again guys i will be back
steyr223