Silver coating scrap

[sena]

I have got 100 kgs of silver coating wire , pins, usally i do nitric leaching, is there any alternative method to xtract silver coating from copper base?

 

[Harold_V]

It is my opinion that you would be wasting your time trying to strip the silver. Consider melting the wire, then pouring an ingot, which can then be used to cement silver from nitrate solutions. That way you'll recover what little silver is present.

You may be money ahead to simply sell the wire as copper. All depends on how badly you need copper for silver recovery. You can't melt the wire without cost and effort.

Harold