Electrolyte Solution from Pure Silver Crystal

This electrolyte solution is extremely clean, made from pure silver crystal to use in Lithic's silver cell. The silver nitrate solution acts as the electrolyte which completes the circuit within the electrolytic silver cell, between the anode and cathode. Which plates out extremely pure silver that when done correctly can form beautiful crystal formations.
Lithic Metals is precious metals refinery which specializes in producing beautifully crafted hand-poured gold and silver bars.
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[@deehaddad8420]

Wow, this was awesome and very educational! Loved it!

[@LithicMetals]

Glad you liked it! Thanks... 💛

[@tiffanyhouze1886]

Absolutely stunning

[@SparkleCity29302]

Great work!

[@LithicMetals]

Thanks! 💛

[@HomeGrownMetals]

Awesome, can't wait for the next one jeff

[@LithicMetals]

Thanks! 😁

[@hi-seas]

That was awesome! That’s for sharing!😊

[@hi-seas]

Thanks

[@LithicMetals]

Thanks man! 😁

[@ManVsLock]

Thanks for sharing!

[@LithicMetals]

Thank you, for watching! 😁

[@shababhussain371]

Goooooooood job ❤❤❤

[@LithicMetals]

Appreciate it. Thanks for watching! 😁

[@jfssparky]

Pretty cool, what was the purity of the silver before the basket? It looked pretty good.

[@TheMorrisland]

Salut, super travail je m'abonne 👍

[@LithicMetals]

Thanks so much! I appreciate you!! 😁

[@cavalierguy6754]

Are you a Chemist by trade or just learn from experience? I find this process so fantastically amusing!!

[@user-zb9fw6xu7y]

Hi sir , ive 3kg of silver nitrate wants to make into pure silver bar . Cant you recommend me the cheapest and easiest ways to do . Hopefully you can help me out . Thanks 🎉

[@kg-Whatthehelliseventhat]

Hey Jeff,
There is something about this that really intrigues me. I would like another hobby, and i feel this might help my mind focus and give me joy.
I am binging your videos but would you be able to point me in a direction to better educate myself? I am also watching and raking notes on chemistry videos which seem to help me comprehend the material.

[@LithicMetals]

Your best resources would be to search CM Hoke, and the goldrefiningforum.com
The reactions from these experiments are very hazardous. The key is to learn as much as possible about how to do everything safely before you do your first experiment.

[@kg-Whatthehelliseventhat]

@LithicMetals oh I just downloaded that book. I was reading it about an hour ago.
I have a very healthy respect for safe laboratory practices. My father was in the medical field and I used to sit with him when he would work on a cancer detection process, but he got sick and died before it went to the FDA. He actually used silver nitrate.
I will be in touch. Thank you for the reply. 😊

[@demetrioreveles8017]

Some really good content.
So how do you all the chemical waste?

[@LithicMetals]

Thanks! I'll be posting videos of processing the waste later this year.

[@thomaseidst3170]

I have 36% strong nitric acid how much do i need

[@bpark10001]

If you are going for all that purity, there should be NO stainless steel or metal other than silver in the cell! The bowl should be glass or plastic & the cathode should be previously-refined silver sheet. You also need to regularly run tests of the electrolyte to determine the concentrations of metals more electropositive than silver. How do you run those tests? How do you remove those more electropositive metals (such as copper, iron, nickel, etc.) from the electrolyte?

[@LithicMetals]

Naw. The stainless isn't affected at all. It leaves no measurable traces... 0. You can easily tell when the electrolyte is getting close to plating out othe materials, just by looking at it. The real trick is making sure to rinse it completely off the crystal.

[@derekagnew4059]

Do you have a link for that anode filter material? I am using the shopvac filters that sreetips uses but they are quite expensive, looking for a cheaper alternative that works, tried Muslin cloth but not very good

[@LithicMetals]

I bought 20sq yards of it a few years ago. It's 1/8" thick dacron, which filters down to .5 micron. I can't remember the source. Wish I had more info for you!

[@sampsonrockman1811]

Hey I'm sorry to bug you again...I asked basically the same question on another one of your videos... Didn't see this one or I would have asked on this particular video because the questions are involving making the silver nitrate... What percentage nitric acid do you use? Do you wear a gas mask with an oxygen tank or What type of filter do you use in your gas mask If you use one at all... Or do you just use a well ventilated area?

[@andersjjensen]

From the amounts he gave he must be using around 92% nitric acid. That's enough that it will "smoke" if the air humidity is high. He is doing all this in a fume hood.
If you're asking these things because you want to do this yourself I have to say: Please don't. You need at the very least high school level chemistry. Concentrated nitric acid is some angry shit that is, among other dangerous endeavours, used to make explosives and liquid fuel rockets. It will happy dissolve mostly anything not boron silicate glass including pets, your hands and your work bench. It spontaneously catches fire when it comes into contact with a wide range of rubbers, paints, oils and alcohols. The red fumes you saw will merrily kill you by perforating your lungs and drowning you in your own blood plasma. If you're caught with concentrated nitric acid, concentrated sulfuric acid and any kind of organic solvent at the same time you better not have made any "I hate the government" statements online or you'll be facing terrorism charges right quick in a hurry.

[@whatthefunction9140]

Does sreetips know what you're up to?

[@parcydwr]

I am just wondering if the electrolyte needs to be completely saturated with silver for the cell to work properly? I see you and also sreetips adding a load of distilled water which makes me wonder if it works with a non saturated electrolyte?

[@LithicMetals]

You need at least 60g per liter of silver in the electrolyte to get a reaction. I use closer to 300g

[@JohnDoe-pd2lh]

What are you using as your power source?
I'm wanting to build an electrolytic cell for the first time, but beyond the bare basics, I'm kinda clueless.

[@LithicMetals]

Building and operating a cell is easy enough. However, working with these chemicals and disposing of the waste... those are issues that need to be thought through very well before you begin.
The power supply is a simple DC converter. Ebay has the best prices that I generally find.

[@JohnDoe-pd2lh]

@@LithicMetals
Thanks. Much appreciated.

[@frantiseklaluch6605]

Ahoj Jeff, I just bought pharmaceutical silver nitrate p.a. for the price of silver in it, some "expired" from pharmaceutical point, but still great for me... Silver cell soon to fire up... 🙂

[@LithicMetals]

Neat! Do you have a plan ready to treat the waste solution? Are you going to use a beaker or stainless? Both are fun! 😁

[@frantiseklaluch6605]

@@LithicMetals I have rectangle glass container with plastic lid (IKEA rulez). Regarding waste, I want to reduce silver with sodium formate (formic acid and sodium hydroxide), not to have so much metals in solution, then stockpot liquids with copper, if some silver, gold or other PGM are present. Filter it, keep solids. Put iron into liquid, cement out copper, decant iron salts solution (not harmful), may be neutralize with sodium carbonate and dry it, or get rid of it in liquid form, We have here so called "waste collector yards", where you can leave also waste chemicals. It is "for free" for citizens (read tax payed). No metals go into water or nature...

[@enzo8724]

Is this cost effective? Can someone quit their 9-5 job making silver like this?? Please let me know. Thanks.

[@jekidodiya5792]

I have silver alloy containing copper,zinc,lead, cadmium
Alloy having 50% silver content I want to recover all silver without any loss of silver, suppose 1kg alloy with 50% silver content that means 55gm pure silver present in my alloy I want back all 500gm silver more than 98% purity...

[@AudioFabric]

Would it not be easier to just buy ready made silver nitrate?

[@LithicMetals]

Heck, no. It's not cheap. Plus, why would I pay someone to make something that I can do here?

[@AudioFabric]

@@LithicMetals good point i suppose. It's just confusing because it seems you need both silver and silver nitrate to get started with farming silver. My logical brain says just use silver nitrate off the shelf and you save half the work. I get that it's expensive, but then does that imply that the yield is not sufficient to justify the cost of ready made silver nitrate?

[@David-bq5br]

WHY DID YOU STOP POSTING ON TIKTOK BRO WHYYYYYY

[@LithicMetals]

I haven't stopped! 🙂
I post vids here and there when I can. I stay rather busy here in the lab! 😁

[@ClintonGalton]

Edible silver bars

[@LithicMetals]

They'd be a bit crunchy 😳

[@ClintonGalton]

@@LithicMetals hahaha, I said it bc I had a dream eating my silver bar. It was soft like taffy but not chewy like a chocolate bar

[@SilverScorpion]

First

[@LithicMetals]

😁... I appreciate you watching!