Okay, actually got around to trying a couple grams of these things before committing to messing up a few lbs...lol.
Dissolved two grams in a bit of homemade nitric. Took quite a while and judging by the reaction and previous input from ya'all I'd guess it was probably the phosphorous bronze make up.
Obvious copper content, cloud/paste of what I believe is probably from tin. .2 grams of non-metallic, non-dissolving, same shape connector residue & what "looks" like an impressive amount of fine gold powder/flake floating around before filtering that I'm sure when dried & weighed won't even register on the scales...LoL!!
Ran it through nitric twice, any ideas of what the undisolved base might be?
Cheers,
John
I'll add this edit for the amusement of all---
Sometimes its fun being dumb....answered my own question, its the left over brass that I didn't have enough nitric to absorb....fizzing away right now in another couple mls, lol!!!
Dissolved two grams in a bit of homemade nitric. Took quite a while and judging by the reaction and previous input from ya'all I'd guess it was probably the phosphorous bronze make up.
Obvious copper content, cloud/paste of what I believe is probably from tin. .2 grams of non-metallic, non-dissolving, same shape connector residue & what "looks" like an impressive amount of fine gold powder/flake floating around before filtering that I'm sure when dried & weighed won't even register on the scales...LoL!!
Ran it through nitric twice, any ideas of what the undisolved base might be?
Cheers,
John
I'll add this edit for the amusement of all---
Sometimes its fun being dumb....answered my own question, its the left over brass that I didn't have enough nitric to absorb....fizzing away right now in another couple mls, lol!!!
