ttutone1
Active member
Hi Guys!
Firstly this is for future reference. I have not done this and don't even have a stock pot yet.
This is how I believe most people use their stock pot. This stock pot should only have AP solution and base type metals in it.
Once you believe you have removed all on the PM's from the stock pot solution by adding copper. You then decant the solution to another pot and add iron to plate out the copper. You then decant that to another pot and add lime or lye to neutralize the solution to about 7pH.
From what I have read the iron dissolves into the solution and releases hydrogen.
My question is: What is the solution on the last step after adding iron but before neutralizing it? Is it still HCL?
The reason I ask is can I use a boiling flask and condenser to recover the remaining HCL acid?
By the sounds of it if there is excess water, the water will boil away first until the solution has become approximately 20% HCL acid. Then both the water and the acid will boil away and can be condensed into a flask.
Is any of this logical or am I missing something?
Thank You!
Scott
Firstly this is for future reference. I have not done this and don't even have a stock pot yet.
This is how I believe most people use their stock pot. This stock pot should only have AP solution and base type metals in it.
Once you believe you have removed all on the PM's from the stock pot solution by adding copper. You then decant the solution to another pot and add iron to plate out the copper. You then decant that to another pot and add lime or lye to neutralize the solution to about 7pH.
From what I have read the iron dissolves into the solution and releases hydrogen.
My question is: What is the solution on the last step after adding iron but before neutralizing it? Is it still HCL?
The reason I ask is can I use a boiling flask and condenser to recover the remaining HCL acid?
By the sounds of it if there is excess water, the water will boil away first until the solution has become approximately 20% HCL acid. Then both the water and the acid will boil away and can be condensed into a flask.
Is any of this logical or am I missing something?
Thank You!
Scott