definitely! I'm certain that if he were to do more silver crystal videos, he'd go viral for a bit. I dunno, but i just think that the thought of crystals of silver is just so damn cool. Gold bars are cool of course, but just something about a crystal of silver is just another level of gorgeous imo. He should defiitely try and make some biiig crystals and make a video about it 😂
I would love to see a time lapse from inside the Silver Cell! If you make an opening on the side of the bowl, install a circular piece of plexiglass or glass and seal it up with silicone caulking, you could place your camera right against the window and with the correct lighting, get some phenomenal footage!!!😊
Thank you for being out there doing this stuff. When my wife complains about my odd experimentations in my lab (the garage) I can always point out that I am not insane and someone else plays with this stuff also.
Just watching the process for everything you get is amazing. And the Beautiful crystals you just retrieve. Makes me feel like having just 1 of them and hold it as a display and admire nature's process.
You are welcome. If you were to fabricate homemade gold crystals like those it would be tough to beat the diamond-like sparkle of the silver crystals. Thank you Sir! 👍👍🤟
One of these times, you must put a nice sized seed crystal or three on the bottom just to see what happens after the power is turned on for a week or two. An experiment.
Very nice snowflake you got there. I love all of the experiments you show. Very interesting and informative as usual. Props to you and keep these videos coming!
I would sure love to refine my silverware like this. If only to see the beauty before my very eyes lol Alas... I'll likely just melt it and cast to unique items. You sir, are a treasure yourself. Love all your videos!
Silver is so interesting. It conducts heat better than any other metal. I have a 10-ounce cast bar on my desk as a paperweight and I always marvel how it always feels very cool to the touch when I pick it up. Do you know what causes that? It conducts electricity better than any other metal at normal temperatures. Yes, better than copper and gold. It is the most reflective metal. Back in the old times the best mirrors were made from polished silver. Heck, I just like it because it's pretty.
one of your silver cell videos is what attracted me to your channel, and I watch the episode where you upgraded to your current setup. Now watching your back episodes I keep thinking how much better your setup is now.
Those specimen silver crystals are amazing - I keep thinking they would be really cool set it clear epoxy resin as display pieces. Awesome video! You're silver refining process is really impressive. 👍
Just love it Ag is my Favorite. And that process is amazing. And the Large Silver Crystals wuld look great in a Glass dome with a wooden base . Keep them Vidios coming & Thanks 🇬🇧
Very interesting, have you thought about doing a time lapse of the crystals growing if you can get a good angle and enough light in there, I think that would be interesting
@@sreetips shame but maybe something to look forward to in the future, you mentioned the condensation so just a suggestion from someone who doesn't know much but how about cutting a new lid/basket holder with a section cut out that the camera could look through at an angle then cover the whole thing in something like one of those bug screens people put over food so no dirt or debris falls in. Would something like that be a possibility? I was thinking if the camera isn't mounted directly above it might not get covered in condensation.
I wonder if it’s possible to leave one giant crystal in there as a seed? And grow it huge? Or can you make a pure silver circle? To do the same? See what that comes out like? Love your channel!!
These silver crystal videos are always fantastic! Have you ever mentioned what your "3 tips" are concering becoming a gold, silver and precious metal refiner?
Lower current = larger crystals + greater harvesting intervals. Higher current = smaller crystals + shorter harvesting intervals. I would like to see how big of a crystal you could grow. Maybe fire up another cell for an experiment.
Hi, thanks for another great video, I learned a lot from you, and thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. I have a question about the car catalyst, I saw in previous videos that you recycled platinum and palladium, is it possible to recycle rhodium from these types of catalysts chemically?
Love Your Great Videos !! Have you ever done electroplating Videos? I am Very Interested in Copper Plating some Copper Items I make. They are Pyramids made with pure copper wire and soldered together and I want to get the whole pyramid copper plated to cover all the solder joints :) Thank You so Much for all you share !!!
Looking awesome. If you want, I can 3D print a basket that's easier to assemble that would allow you to re-use your filter materials after you clean them. I don't know why, but silver is my favorite metal.
I look forward to watch your videos. They are always exciting one way or another. Precious metals have always been a favorite of mine. I used to have a antique business on the side, weekends, along with my regular job. Found many nice pieces in my yard sales, auctions and estate sales in Denver. Still have it all. I can’t let any of it go. Plus I don’t know who to trust if I did want to sell any of it. Too many people want to lowball you so they can make as much profit off of you as possible. As I said, I was in the business, so I know how people operate. Roger in Pierre South Dakota USA
Roger, most of the stuff I get is old sterling flatware. And an unlimited supply of 925 jewelry. With the price of silver down, folks don’t care about silver. It’s a wonderful time for silver buyers right now. People actually believe that paper dollars are more valuable than silver and gold!
@@sreetips I have acquired a few diamonds through the years, I have had them looked at, so I know they are real. It I don’t trust anyone enough to try to sell them. I know what they are worth, but as you well know, you will never get what they are worth. Plus I am afraid to let them out of my sight when I visited my local jeweler. I’ve seen and read stories about the jeweler switching real diamonds for fake ones. It happened to a couple of antique dealers in Denver. And there was nothing they could do about it. The jeweler would tell them he had to take the diamond out of the setting to get a better look at it. Then switch them for glass. Reset it, but they didn’t notice until they got home and took a better look at the diamond. Went back, but they had no proof he switched them. I’m not going to fall for any of that. Thank for writing back. Roger in Pierre South Dakota
What conditions do you believe have the most effect on how large or small the crystals grow? More or less voltage? More or less amperage? Initial electrolyte concentration? Type of container? Have you experimented with purposely trying to grow large crystals?
The silver crystals are beautiful as always, thanks for showing us that they do that! The whole time, though, I couldn't help but wonder about the status of your fume hood?
I wonder if you put a waveform generator on the current if you'd be able to produce some differently, and consistently, shaped crystals that way? Beautiful stuff you have coming out this batch regardless! Mesmerizing, and I'm sure in person it is even more so.
Know what would be cool? Maybe if you could build a silver cell cover out of plexiglass instead of an old cutting board, you could get some phenomenal shots of the cell without risk of contamination from lifting the cover.
Why use the craftsman brand shop vac filters for the anode basket? Couldn’t you get bulk Dacron sailcloth or other bulk fabric for this to cut down on cost of consumables?
I’m not a chemist either. And as far as refining, I’m just an advanced beginner. There are only a few in the world who really qualify as professional. I’m not one of them. But since most refiners would rather take their refining secrets to the grave than share them with the masses, I’m all you have because I don’t care about secrecy. That makes be a bit of an outcast among the refining community. But it’s also what enables my to have a successful RUclips channel. And believe me, I’m grateful for the honor, and privilege, to be granted this awesome experience.
Man, I wish I was smart enough or mechanically inclined to be able to build one of these. This would be amazing and a game changer for me anyway and my family.
Next silver cell harvest. Request: Before disturbing the cell walls, flash some brighter light inside for some photos to show the shape and sparkle of the crystals. Thank you. Go! Sreetips! Go! 🥳
As a side project, I'm pretty sure you could direct the silver crystal growth by forming some solid pure silver wire into shapes and putting them in the bath.
The pure silver crystals are always my favorite part of these vids. The melts are awesome but those crystals are so cool its something I wasnt aware silver did physically.
Have you done calculations on how much prep work in hours is done to make a single 1.5Kg batch of Pure Silver Crystals? I am curious as to if the cost of materials to do Silver refinement, plus the hours it takes to get the batches ready and processed/cleaned/smelted down etc. is a break-even or is it actually a profit? 10 Days for like $1,300CAD Silver seems pretty good off the top but... that prep work to get everything ready to do what 2-3 months worth of shot? I don't know how much you can do per prep work cycle.
It all depends on acquiring the scrap silver to refine. Silver is out of favor and cheap right now. People actually believe, incorrectly, that paper dollars are more valuable than silver. With this misconception (perpetuated by the money printers) we can buy silver for pennies if we know when, where and what to look for. It’s a silver buyers paradise out there!
What would make for a really cool video is, if you got one of those small waterproof camera lenses, put it in the solution, and time laps it for a few days. I'm sure that video would earn more than the silver itself.
Great video... I was watching one of the big channels , modern marvels or discovery and they use a clip from your channel . Had you name in the clip and everything .
0:30 How do you separate the non dissolved silver-shots from the Anode slime? Do you seperate/rinse it with acid or do you just collect the whole slime with silver-shots for a recovery later? Stefan from Switzerland 🇨🇭
Experimenting with different surface textures of the cathode in contact with the electrolyte will probably give you different crystal growth patterns. I would think if you put small spikes the crystals would grow from them first.
Have you ever considered spot welding a stainless steel stud on to the bowl? Also how do you know when your electrolyte is spent, or should I say no longer usable?
I use electrolyte no more than twice. And I add some fresh electrolyte on the second run. I tried to use it a third time way back. I tried to drop the silver with hydrochloric acid. The third-use electrolyte was so devoid of silver that none came down upon adding the HCl. Made a believer out of me. The silver in the electrolyte gets depleted as the cell operates. It plates out on the cathode. That’s why it’s important to replenish with fresh electrolyte on the second use.
What about a small, thick steel plate at the cathode? I would think that would coax the crystals in the dirction of the anode basket from a smaller initial point and concentrate crystal formation. Your mileage may vary.
I wish that I had taken some pictures back in the 70s when I was doing this kind of work. When the Hunt brothers tried to corner the Silver market in the late 70s it drove the price up $50 per Troy ounce. This caused many people to sell just about anything made from Silver. My company got into the refining aspect and I was put in charge. The process was very similar to what I just watched but on a much larger scale. One day they pushed a large flatcar into my area that was packed high with nothing but bags of coins mostly Silver dollars. I melted every one and extruded them into anodes. What a shame!
I’m not sure. But a fume hood is an absolute must-have. I started using kitchenware, Pyrex measuring cups and coffee pots. But as my enthusiasm grew I started buying lab glassware on eBay. I have a tendency to go overboard and growing this hobby is no exception. I’ve got way more than I actually will ever use or need.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again and again. I'd love to have one of those monster "trees" encased in resin or something along the like. Would make an absolutely gorgeous investment grade paperweight.
The crystals looked like they formed near the thing u used to stir the electrolytes. Would the temperature of the stirrer effect the formation of the crystals? This is the first video I have ever watched like this. Not my usual thing to watch but this is so interesting. Can't stop watching.
well crystal formation is all about the speed in which it grows at, slow and steady will give larger crystalline structures, so maybe the voltage was lower or the solution was colder, i assume colder slows it down tho warmer might mean more can be dissolved in solution before it has to fall out side note, is this kind of reaction possible for gold? would a gold cell work the same way
As always another great video sir I was wondering could you do something similar like this but with gold instead of silver is it possible and what would it look like?
Question? If you didn't clean the SS bowl so good and left some of the crystals still stuck would the crystals grow quicker or faster ? Or does it not matter?
Sreetips, im not sure if anyone else noticed, but you didn't put the fuse back on the anode. Love your videos. Watched every one from the beginning to now. Keep up the good work.
Early operation is above 3 amps so the fuse would immediately blow. He puts the fuse in later when the normal value is below that because if the crystal grows to touch the basket it will spike the amps and cause a problem.
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Sreetips' real-world chemistry never gets old. This video is just as mesmerizing as the first silver harvest video he produced.
definitely! I'm certain that if he were to do more silver crystal videos, he'd go viral for a bit. I dunno, but i just think that the thought of crystals of silver is just so damn cool. Gold bars are cool of course, but just something about a crystal of silver is just another level of gorgeous imo. He should defiitely try and make some biiig crystals and make a video about it 😂
The chunky crystals, the clean spatula, the scraping of the silver off of the bowl...Oh my, what a pleasant episode!
THE most underrated channel on youtube, by far.
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Agreed
I think you've misunderstood the word underrated. almost everyone who watches his show rates it very highly, ergo it is not underrated at all.
@@misteranonymous5486 underrated in terms of subscribers and viewership. Whatever synonym works for that data.
Thank you!
I would love to see a time lapse from inside the Silver Cell! If you make an opening on the side of the bowl, install a circular piece of plexiglass or glass and seal it up with silicone caulking, you could place your camera right against the window and with the correct lighting, get some phenomenal footage!!!😊
That would be awesome
Thank you for being out there doing this stuff. When my wife complains about my odd experimentations in my lab (the garage) I can always point out that I am not insane and someone else plays with this stuff also.
Just watching the process for everything you get is amazing.
And the Beautiful crystals you just retrieve. Makes me feel like having just 1 of them and hold it as a display and admire nature's process.
Those crystals are so beautiful. Reminds me of growing crystals with salt and string as a kid . Always fascinated me
You are welcome. If you were to fabricate homemade gold crystals like those it would be tough to beat the diamond-like sparkle of the silver crystals. Thank you Sir! 👍👍🤟
I haven’t been this fascinated with chemistry since Breaking Bad… awesome channel. 🎃
Wow, I love watching the work you do. Those Silver Crystals are absolutely Beautiful.
One of these times, you must put a nice sized seed crystal or three on the bottom just to see what happens after the power is turned on for a week or two. An experiment.
All right, you made my night. I was hoping for a new video.masterfully done 👍
Absolutely stunning results. WOW!!! thank you for taking us along.
dont know if its possible but a time lapse video of the silver growing would be amazing
I absolutely agree 100% I think that would be very interesting to see.
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Very nice snowflake you got there. I love all of the experiments you show. Very interesting and informative as usual. Props to you and keep these videos coming!
Impressive work Sreetips, those may be some of the most beautiful silver crystals being produced in any lab. Awesome specimen pieces of Lab-Art man!🤘😎
I would sure love to refine my silverware like this. If only to see the beauty before my very eyes lol
Alas... I'll likely just melt it and cast to unique items. You sir, are a treasure yourself. Love all your videos!
I'll do something with it!!
I never get bored watching Sreetips videos! Always so interesting and informative imo.
This silver crystals were so beautiful. Very enjoyable harvesting video. ❤️
The surface reflection is just amazing!
Wow. Those I got I to admit those are your best crystals yet. 😍👍
Those silver crystals are mesmerising! I love your videos.
That silver cell recuperating process is fascinating.
Silver is so interesting.
It conducts heat better than any other metal. I have a 10-ounce cast bar on my desk as a paperweight and I always marvel how it always feels very cool to the touch when I pick it up. Do you know what causes that?
It conducts electricity better than any other metal at normal temperatures. Yes, better than copper and gold.
It is the most reflective metal. Back in the old times the best mirrors were made from polished silver.
Heck, I just like it because it's pretty.
one of your silver cell videos is what attracted me to your channel, and I watch the episode where you upgraded to your current setup. Now watching your back episodes I keep thinking how much better your setup is now.
Those specimen silver crystals are amazing - I keep thinking they would be really cool set it clear epoxy resin as display pieces. Awesome video! You're silver refining process is really impressive. 👍
Just love it Ag is my Favorite. And that process is amazing. And the Large Silver Crystals wuld look great in a Glass dome with a wooden base . Keep them Vidios coming & Thanks 🇬🇧
Very interesting, have you thought about doing a time lapse of the crystals growing if you can get a good angle and enough light in there, I think that would be interesting
Great idea 👍🏻
Like a clear plexiglass type lid for the basket to sit in? I'd like to see that too.
The electrolyte heats and condensate forms on the plexiglass obscuring the view.
I’m not too well equipped to produce a ten day time lapse. But I agree, it would be awesome.
@@sreetips shame but maybe something to look forward to in the future, you mentioned the condensation so just a suggestion from someone who doesn't know much but how about cutting a new lid/basket holder with a section cut out that the camera could look through at an angle then cover the whole thing in something like one of those bug screens people put over food so no dirt or debris falls in. Would something like that be a possibility? I was thinking if the camera isn't mounted directly above it might not get covered in condensation.
I wonder if it’s possible to leave one giant crystal in there as a seed? And grow it huge? Or can you make a pure silver circle? To do the same? See what that comes out like? Love your channel!!
I need to try and make one of the silver cells. Great video as always!!!!
Beautiful! Have you ever tried using bulk Dacron? It seems like it might be cheaper than the filter bags. I have found the material on Amazon before.
When one considers that the price of 1.5 kg of silver is currently over $900, I think it's safe to ignore the expense of the bags.
I’ve been meaning to find it for decade. I keep a small sample in case I come across it in a fabric store or some such place.
Absolutely Amazing I've never seen something like that Beautiful , Great Video Sreetips,
Nice shot of the crystal glistening in the right beaker there. That was pretty cool
These silver crystal videos are always fantastic! Have you ever mentioned what your "3 tips" are concering becoming a gold, silver and precious metal refiner?
Another Awesome Anode Video. Your The Godfather of Silver Cell Crystal's. Thank you!
im always AMPED up for these silver crystal videos lol
Best episode yet. love the crystals.
What an awesome silver harvest! 🤑👍✨
You'll probably see faster growth and larger crystals if you leave a bit of silver remaining on the bowl.
Lower current = larger crystals + greater harvesting intervals.
Higher current = smaller crystals + shorter harvesting intervals.
I would like to see how big of a crystal you could grow. Maybe fire up another cell for an experiment.
Do you think temperature would have any influence on crystal size or growth at all ?
This video Just fascinates me
Those are beautiful!!
Awesome crystal 🔮
Hi, thanks for another great video, I learned a lot from you, and thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. I have a question about the car catalyst, I saw in previous videos that you recycled platinum and palladium, is it possible to recycle rhodium from these types of catalysts chemically?
Possibly, but I can’t figure out how
Since you're so smart, I'm sure you'll figure it out
Love Your Great Videos !! Have you ever done electroplating Videos? I am Very Interested in Copper Plating some Copper Items I make. They are Pyramids made with pure copper wire and soldered together and I want to get the whole pyramid copper plated to cover all the solder joints :) Thank You so Much for all you share !!!
Not your normal dainty snowflake looking elemental silver crystals! Spectacular doesn't do them justice!
That's awesome. Good for you!
Looking awesome. If you want, I can 3D print a basket that's easier to assemble that would allow you to re-use your filter materials after you clean them. I don't know why, but silver is my favorite metal.
Awesome video, can't wait for the melt .
I look forward to watch your videos. They are always exciting one way or another. Precious metals have always been a favorite of mine. I used to have a antique business on the side, weekends, along with my regular job. Found many nice pieces in my yard sales, auctions and estate sales in Denver. Still have it all. I can’t let any of it go. Plus I don’t know who to trust if I did want to sell any of it. Too many people want to lowball you so they can make as much profit off of you as possible. As I said, I was in the business, so I know how people operate. Roger in Pierre South Dakota USA
Roger, most of the stuff I get is old sterling flatware. And an unlimited supply of 925 jewelry. With the price of silver down, folks don’t care about silver. It’s a wonderful time for silver buyers right now. People actually believe that paper dollars are more valuable than silver and gold!
@@sreetips I have acquired a few diamonds through the years, I have had them looked at, so I know they are real. It I don’t trust anyone enough to try to sell them. I know what they are worth, but as you well know, you will never get what they are worth. Plus I am afraid to let them out of my sight when I visited my local jeweler. I’ve seen and read stories about the jeweler switching real diamonds for fake ones. It happened to a couple of antique dealers in Denver. And there was nothing they could do about it. The jeweler would tell them he had to take the diamond out of the setting to get a better look at it. Then switch them for glass. Reset it, but they didn’t notice until they got home and took a better look at the diamond. Went back, but they had no proof he switched them. I’m not going to fall for any of that. Thank for writing back. Roger in Pierre South Dakota
What conditions do you believe have the most effect on how large or small the crystals grow? More or less voltage? More or less amperage? Initial electrolyte concentration? Type of container? Have you experimented with purposely trying to grow large crystals?
Less of both and lower silver concentration slowly increased
All of the above
Another awesome batch of crystals. It never gets old. At what point do you install the inline fuse?
About day 8 or 9. When the crystals start to reach the anode basket
Awesome crystal silver absolutely beautiful thanks for sharing sreetips
Those Silver Crystal Formations reminds me of Fulgurites which are Crystal Formations when Lightning Strikes Sand or Earth.
So much knowledge this man gives to us. Do you have a book sir?
The silver crystals are beautiful as always, thanks for showing us that they do that!
The whole time, though, I couldn't help but wonder about the status of your fume hood?
I think it’s life is near the end
I wonder if you put a waveform generator on the current if you'd be able to produce some differently, and consistently, shaped crystals that way? Beautiful stuff you have coming out this batch regardless! Mesmerizing, and I'm sure in person it is even more so.
It'd be cool to learn the science of what makes the crystals grow like that!!
Know what would be cool? Maybe if you could build a silver cell cover out of plexiglass instead of an old cutting board, you could get some phenomenal shots of the cell without risk of contamination from lifting the cover.
The electrolyte evaporates and condenses on the plexiglass obscuring any view afforded by its transparency.
Why use the craftsman brand shop vac filters for the anode basket? Couldn’t you get bulk Dacron sailcloth or other bulk fabric for this to cut down on cost of consumables?
Yes
Awsome crystals 👌👌
I'm not a chemist or a refiner, but I love these videos.
feels like complete submerge
I’m not a chemist either. And as far as refining, I’m just an advanced beginner. There are only a few in the world who really qualify as professional. I’m not one of them. But since most refiners would rather take their refining secrets to the grave than share them with the masses, I’m all you have because I don’t care about secrecy. That makes be a bit of an outcast among the refining community. But it’s also what enables my to have a successful RUclips channel. And believe me, I’m grateful for the honor, and privilege, to be granted this awesome experience.
Man, I wish I was smart enough or mechanically inclined to be able to build one of these. This would be amazing and a game changer for me anyway and my family.
Senior Chief, what is the purity difference between the cement silver and the silver crystals from the silver cell?
Cement silver is about 98% to 99%. Silver crystal is three to five nines fine.
Next silver cell harvest.
Request: Before disturbing the cell walls, flash some brighter light inside for some photos to show the shape and sparkle of the crystals.
Thank you.
Go! Sreetips! Go! 🥳
As a side project, I'm pretty sure you could direct the silver crystal growth by forming some solid pure silver wire into shapes and putting them in the bath.
The pure silver crystals are always my favorite part of these vids. The melts are awesome but those crystals are so cool its something I wasnt aware silver did physically.
I follow you from Italy, you are the best
Have you done calculations on how much prep work in hours is done to make a single 1.5Kg batch of Pure Silver Crystals?
I am curious as to if the cost of materials to do Silver refinement, plus the hours it takes to get the batches ready and processed/cleaned/smelted down etc. is a break-even or is it actually a profit?
10 Days for like $1,300CAD Silver seems pretty good off the top but... that prep work to get everything ready to do what 2-3 months worth of shot? I don't know how much you can do per prep work cycle.
It all depends on acquiring the scrap silver to refine. Silver is out of favor and cheap right now. People actually believe, incorrectly, that paper dollars are more valuable than silver. With this misconception (perpetuated by the money printers) we can buy silver for pennies if we know when, where and what to look for. It’s a silver buyers paradise out there!
Did you have issues with the current limit function of the power supply?
No, I set for constant voltage and let the amps fall where they may.
So pretty!
I'm curious if you put magnets underneath or on the sides of the bowl if it will change how the crystals form.
It won't, silver isn't magnetic.
@@apveening not in general right. With the electric current present there maybe something to manipulate. Anyways it was just a thought.
The bowl is non-magnetic stainless.
Awesome silver growth Sir are you going to offer some on your store? Thank you for sharing six Stars
Yes
What would make for a really cool video is, if you got one of those small waterproof camera lenses, put it in the solution, and time laps it for a few days. I'm sure that video would earn more than the silver itself.
I almost feel like you could get two filters out of one Dacron bag, even doubling up the sides. Have you tried this before?
No
Great video... I was watching one of the big channels , modern marvels or discovery and they use a clip from your channel . Had you name in the clip and everything .
Serious! That’s an honor.
0:30 How do you separate the non dissolved silver-shots from the Anode slime? Do you seperate/rinse it with acid or do you just collect the whole slime with silver-shots for a recovery later? Stefan from Switzerland 🇨🇭
I dissolve all of it in hot nitric.
Experimenting with different surface textures of the cathode in contact with the electrolyte will probably give you different crystal growth patterns. I would think if you put small spikes the crystals would grow from them first.
Have you ever considered spot welding a stainless steel stud on to the bowl? Also how do you know when your electrolyte is spent, or should I say no longer usable?
I use electrolyte no more than twice. And I add some fresh electrolyte on the second run. I tried to use it a third time way back. I tried to drop the silver with hydrochloric acid. The third-use electrolyte was so devoid of silver that none came down upon adding the HCl. Made a believer out of me. The silver in the electrolyte gets depleted as the cell operates. It plates out on the cathode. That’s why it’s important to replenish with fresh electrolyte on the second use.
@@sreetips right on I appreciate your response. So what about spot welding a stainless steel stud?
Awesome stuff
woow that whas big ones ;)
great collect
What about a small, thick steel plate at the cathode? I would think that would coax the crystals in the dirction of the anode basket from a smaller initial point and concentrate crystal formation. Your mileage may vary.
I wish that I had taken some pictures back in the 70s when I was doing this kind of work. When the Hunt brothers tried to corner the Silver market in the late 70s it drove the price up $50 per Troy ounce. This caused many people to sell just about anything made from Silver. My company got into the refining aspect and I was put in charge. The process was very similar to what I just watched but on a much larger scale. One day they pushed a large flatcar into my area that was packed high with nothing but bags of coins mostly Silver dollars. I melted every one and extruded them into anodes. What a shame!
I remember the Hunt Brothers
I'd love to get into gold and silver refining. What would you say is a rough cost to create a lab from scratch with all the safety gear and glassware?
I’m not sure. But a fume hood is an absolute must-have. I started using kitchenware, Pyrex measuring cups and coffee pots. But as my enthusiasm grew I started buying lab glassware on eBay. I have a tendency to go overboard and growing this hobby is no exception. I’ve got way more than I actually will ever use or need.
@@sreetips great advice, thanks. What kind of garage footprint would be required for the hood, storage tables, melt zone, etc?
I've said it before, and I'll say it again and again.
I'd love to have one of those monster "trees" encased in resin or something along the like. Would make an absolutely gorgeous investment grade paperweight.
Does the temperature of the electrolyte matter in any part of this process?
Probably a factor
The crystals looked like they formed near the thing u used to stir the electrolytes. Would the temperature of the stirrer effect the formation of the crystals? This is the first video I have ever watched like this. Not my usual thing to watch but this is so interesting. Can't stop watching.
I'm dying to get my silver back from Ralph :D I hope it looks something like this.
have u messed with adding constant frequencies to the stainless steel bowl to see if u can influence crystal shapes?
No
I wonder if the temperature plays a role in the crystal formation.
I’m wondering this also.
Even pressure could have an influence possibly ?
well crystal formation is all about the speed in which it grows at, slow and steady will give larger crystalline structures, so maybe the voltage was lower or the solution was colder, i assume colder slows it down tho warmer might mean more can be dissolved in solution before it has to fall out
side note, is this kind of reaction possible for gold? would a gold cell work the same way
Yes, most gold is refined electrolytically by the big refiners.
As always another great video sir I was wondering could you do something similar like this but with gold instead of silver is it possible and what would it look like?
Possibly
How often do you stir the electrolyte sreetips
At least twice a day, or when ever I peek inside.
Question? If you didn't clean the SS bowl so good and left some of the crystals still stuck would the crystals grow quicker or faster ? Or does it not matter?
If he didn't clean everything thoroughly every time the purity wouldn't be consistent between the batches.
I take the time to remove all the crystal before the next batch.
They almost look edible.
An amazing channel.
Sreetips, im not sure if anyone else noticed, but you didn't put the fuse back on the anode. Love your videos. Watched every one from the beginning to now. Keep up the good work.
I noticed as well. In the beginning he also told he put it in between later as a safety measure.
Early operation is above 3 amps so the fuse would immediately blow. He puts the fuse in later when the normal value is below that because if the crystal grows to touch the basket it will spike the amps and cause a problem.
I’ll add it to the circuit around day 8 or 9 when the silver growth approaches the anode basket.
I'm curious what the purity will be of those crystals with the high copper content in that solution
Copper is kept below 60 grams per liter.
@@sreetips how did you arrive at that concentration
will we get to see your entire silver crystal stack?
I’m not sure. Some folks might get offended.
How’s the fume hood coming along?
I’m afraid to say that it is not looking good. It’s useful service life has come to an end
hello , what is the composition of your electrolit, please? Is it the silver nitrate you have made when you were refining gold?
Silver nitrate solution. 150 grams per liter concentration.
@@sreetips thx