Bluebloomer
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It appears that cemented silver does not redissolve in nitric acid, but it has to be melted first.
Could some one explain why that is ?
I incinerated some paper (coffee) filters with gold, and cemented silver. As you can guess, it made a mess, and now my cemented silver and gold foils, and gold powder is mixed into 1 slurry. Acids do not have any effect on the slurry, and my guess is that it is because of the greasy like apearence of the silver cement.
Should of kept the silver separate from the gold filters, and now I realize I had to melt the silver first, before doing anything else.
Now I have a mess on my hands, gold powder, gold foils, some base metals and cemented silver into 1 mixture and no idea how to seperate it.
Perhaps the only option would be to fuse all the metals in a melt, and turn it into shot, and then dissolve it in nitric acid ? There are still ashes from the burned filters in there, so would it hinder the melt ? Would I need a flux of any kind ? What other options would I have ?
Could some one explain why that is ?
I incinerated some paper (coffee) filters with gold, and cemented silver. As you can guess, it made a mess, and now my cemented silver and gold foils, and gold powder is mixed into 1 slurry. Acids do not have any effect on the slurry, and my guess is that it is because of the greasy like apearence of the silver cement.
Should of kept the silver separate from the gold filters, and now I realize I had to melt the silver first, before doing anything else.
Now I have a mess on my hands, gold powder, gold foils, some base metals and cemented silver into 1 mixture and no idea how to seperate it.
Perhaps the only option would be to fuse all the metals in a melt, and turn it into shot, and then dissolve it in nitric acid ? There are still ashes from the burned filters in there, so would it hinder the melt ? Would I need a flux of any kind ? What other options would I have ?