Before i begin, this is my first post and im not too sure of the procedure, so if im doing something wrong, i would appreciate any help to correct it
I just purchased the shor-international AR starter kit, and i know that this is frowned upon by most people as a waste, it was the easiest way for me to obtain the chemicals need to start experimenting with AR. I also bought a gallon of Safer Muratic acid from home depot with a concentration of <25% (had to do some digging to find it and and i was disappointed a little that it wasn't higher) along with a beaker kit from homesciencetools.com so i have proper tool as well.
my first two attempts ended miserably, with my entire setup being knocked over the first time (AR all over my back yard lawn) and the second time resulted in no precipitated gold. yet my third attempt worked a little better.
i did some calculations and i mixed 1/8th of a pound of the subzero nitric substitute to approximately 385 ml of muratic acid (<25%) and i added gold plated copper pins to the mix and removed them after the gold plating was dissolved but before the copper was dissolved to conserve the AR mix. once i dissolved as much gold as i could, i added urea to neutralize the mix and then added about a tablespoon of precipitant, and left it outside to work overnight.
when i went back outside this after noon, the solution had crystalized on the bottom of the AR mix. i filtered out the crystals and put them into a seperate beaker. while doing so, i tested the remaining mix with precious metal detector and it showed that there was NO GOLD left in the AR. after this i went back to working with the crystals. i put about a teaspoon full of them in a beaker and rinsed them with water. upon doing so, they didnt disolve but instead began to turn a golden yellow and the water got a blue tint. i looked online and guessed that the crystals were gold(III)chloride.
wikipedia stated that they would react with hydrogen Peroxide, so i poured in about 100 - 150 mls of 3% H2O2 and the crystals began reacting and turning slightly brown and the H2O2 light blue. i was assuming that the resultant brown particles were gold and filtered them out and attempted to melt them but the result was a red flakey substance.
my question was during my process, what the heck did i create? was it gold(III) chloride? is there a way to take these crystals and reclaim the gold from them?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
I just purchased the shor-international AR starter kit, and i know that this is frowned upon by most people as a waste, it was the easiest way for me to obtain the chemicals need to start experimenting with AR. I also bought a gallon of Safer Muratic acid from home depot with a concentration of <25% (had to do some digging to find it and and i was disappointed a little that it wasn't higher) along with a beaker kit from homesciencetools.com so i have proper tool as well.
my first two attempts ended miserably, with my entire setup being knocked over the first time (AR all over my back yard lawn) and the second time resulted in no precipitated gold. yet my third attempt worked a little better.
i did some calculations and i mixed 1/8th of a pound of the subzero nitric substitute to approximately 385 ml of muratic acid (<25%) and i added gold plated copper pins to the mix and removed them after the gold plating was dissolved but before the copper was dissolved to conserve the AR mix. once i dissolved as much gold as i could, i added urea to neutralize the mix and then added about a tablespoon of precipitant, and left it outside to work overnight.
when i went back outside this after noon, the solution had crystalized on the bottom of the AR mix. i filtered out the crystals and put them into a seperate beaker. while doing so, i tested the remaining mix with precious metal detector and it showed that there was NO GOLD left in the AR. after this i went back to working with the crystals. i put about a teaspoon full of them in a beaker and rinsed them with water. upon doing so, they didnt disolve but instead began to turn a golden yellow and the water got a blue tint. i looked online and guessed that the crystals were gold(III)chloride.
wikipedia stated that they would react with hydrogen Peroxide, so i poured in about 100 - 150 mls of 3% H2O2 and the crystals began reacting and turning slightly brown and the H2O2 light blue. i was assuming that the resultant brown particles were gold and filtered them out and attempted to melt them but the result was a red flakey substance.
my question was during my process, what the heck did i create? was it gold(III) chloride? is there a way to take these crystals and reclaim the gold from them?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
