orax is used to help remove impurities, oxides, or non-metallic inclusions that might be present in the metal. It doesn’t remove the other metals (like copper) that are intentionally part of the alloy. Thus, the proportion of silver to other metals remains the same after melting.
@@journeymancellist9247 nitric acid, 3 part distilled water and 1 part nitric acid, then pour it to another beaker, put a cooper pipe in there and u will see magic happen
It's really only used to remove impurities like sand/petrabond particles and other similar types of residues. You will find just like in the video it works almost instantly and only takes a few seconds. It does not remove other metals.
@@JoshuaAndersonLife thank you for your reply. I appreciate it. Given that Sterling silver is at least 7% something else, how do you separate out the something else from the pure silver and leave you with just pure silver?
The other percent is copper, and you have to use a refining process like the one I have in this video (link below) which will get you closer to 98% silver, and then you have to do a second step refining process to get .999 fine. ruclips.net/video/BjC05C8R-1U/видео.htmlsi=fByvNvSODG3imjor
Yes, muriatic acid (a common name for hydrochloric acid, HCl) can be used in combination with other chemicals to purify gold, but it cannot purify gold on its own. Typically, this process involves the creation of aqua regia, a mixture of concentrated hydrochloric acid and nitric acid, which is capable of dissolving gold. However, I've never done this exact process with gold myself.
No, I do not believe that would work. In fact, I believe it would just end up leaving additional sediments in your gold or silver. I would recommend sticking with borax, it is cheap and works very well.
Yesterday i melted an ounce of placer gold and failed trying to pour it in a metal mould for rod, total failure the gold stuck to the metal it overflowed the target zone and went above on the sides, I thought to get the gold out would be to tip the mould over and heat it and the gold would drop back into the crucible well some of it did but i went to far and melted metal into the gold that dropped now i have a 20 gram blob of gold metal that is magnetic lol and a destroyed metal mould Question is can i remelt the metal/gold and use borax to remove the metal? or do i need to do some type of chemical process? tks
@@JoshuaAndersonLife yeah that's what i was thinking also maybe Muriatic acid, i have thought about filing down the gold slug into shavings and trying muriatic acit low heat with some distilled water
get 23 ml of nitric acid with 23ml distilled water, put the 2- gram blob in it and heat it up a little, wear mask and don't breath, 1 hour later u will get ur gold back in powder and remelt it
Many thanks , just getting into this kind of thing as have lots of .925 silver , and was wondering ifnthere was a non chemical way of removing the other metals other than with acids
@@JG-fv9bvthere's controlled temperature extraction... Heat to the melting point of the metal your extracting pour and repeat... Just use dirt/grass pyramids to make the separate elements and the mixture will carbonize in reaction process of lithium with water/citric acid.
Here's what I use, and works great. Borax 1/2 Pound Container Melting Flux 8 Oz. To Glaze Crucible Dishes for Gold Silver Jewelry by JTS a.co/d/iqVhf37
@@JoshuaAndersonLife in old times the goldsmiths use to refine gold and silver : LEAD (this process takes a lot of time) in a brick powder crucible. GLASS powder, its a easy way as you do with borax or even better. SALITRE(potassium nitrate) , its a very good way to refine, used until this days when acids not available.
@lancelottavola9685 after a quick search I couldn't find any glass powder that didn't just look like it was for decorative purposes... The history of gold and silver mining and refining is really cool.
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orax is used to help remove impurities, oxides, or non-metallic inclusions that might be present in the metal. It doesn’t remove the other metals (like copper) that are intentionally part of the alloy. Thus, the proportion of silver to other metals remains the same after melting.
Correct...
@@JoshuaAndersonLifewell, that answers my question. But how do you separate the other metals from the pure silver?
Maybe use something like potassium nitride to oxdize other non noble metals
@STAR0000077777 I haven't heard that, I'll have to look into it. Thx
@@journeymancellist9247 nitric acid, 3 part distilled water and 1 part nitric acid, then pour it to another beaker, put a cooper pipe in there and u will see magic happen
Good info on the use of borax brother. Thanks for sharing😎😎⛏⛏🔥🔥
Great tutorial
@@cherokeecowboy7558 Thank you!
Ok, questions: how do you know when it is finished?
How long does it take?
Does “impurities” also include the other metals in the metal?
It's really only used to remove impurities like sand/petrabond particles and other similar types of residues. You will find just like in the video it works almost instantly and only takes a few seconds. It does not remove other metals.
@@JoshuaAndersonLife thank you for your reply. I appreciate it. Given that Sterling silver is at least 7% something else, how do you separate out the something else from the pure silver and leave you with just pure silver?
The other percent is copper, and you have to use a refining process like the one I have in this video (link below) which will get you closer to 98% silver, and then you have to do a second step refining process to get .999 fine.
ruclips.net/video/BjC05C8R-1U/видео.htmlsi=fByvNvSODG3imjor
Can i use muriatic acid to purify gold.
Yes, muriatic acid (a common name for hydrochloric acid, HCl) can be used in combination with other chemicals to purify gold, but it cannot purify gold on its own. Typically, this process involves the creation of aqua regia, a mixture of concentrated hydrochloric acid and nitric acid, which is capable of dissolving gold. However, I've never done this exact process with gold myself.
Like a quarter tsp.
Correct, you don't need much. 👍
If I had a black gold oxide powder would this process work to smelt away the oxides?
No, I do not believe that would work. In fact, I believe it would just end up leaving additional sediments in your gold or silver. I would recommend sticking with borax, it is cheap and works very well.
Thanks much appreciated.
No problem, thx for watching 👍
Yesterday i melted an ounce of placer gold and failed trying to pour it in a metal mould for rod, total failure the gold stuck to the metal it overflowed the target zone and went above on the sides, I thought to get the gold out would be to tip the mould over and heat it and the gold would drop back into the crucible well some of it did but i went to far and melted metal into the gold that dropped now i have a 20 gram blob of gold metal that is magnetic lol and a destroyed metal mould Question is can i remelt the metal/gold and use borax to remove the metal? or do i need to do some type of chemical process? tks
Unfortunately borax will not separate the metals and you would have to run it through a chemical or other type of refining process.
@@JoshuaAndersonLife yeah that's what i was thinking also maybe Muriatic acid, i have thought about filing down the gold slug into shavings and trying muriatic acit low heat with some distilled water
get 23 ml of nitric acid with 23ml distilled water, put the 2- gram blob in it and heat it up a little, wear mask and don't breath, 1 hour later u will get ur gold back in powder and remelt it
@OfficiallyRetired comment is spot on.
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Can you use this method to remove/separate the impurities and other metals from 925 silver to get .999 silver ?
It will still remove impurities, just not metal impurities and won't improve the fineness of your silver.
Many thanks , just getting into this kind of thing as have lots of .925 silver , and was wondering ifnthere was a non chemical way of removing the other metals other than with acids
Unfortunately there's really not. Check out some videos by Streetips he does all kinds of crazy stuff with refining gold and silver.
@@JoshuaAndersonLife thanks for the heads up. This answers my other question, thank you
@@JG-fv9bvthere's controlled temperature extraction... Heat to the melting point of the metal your extracting pour and repeat... Just use dirt/grass pyramids to make the separate elements and the mixture will carbonize in reaction process of lithium with water/citric acid.
Where can I get some borax? I need good quality stuff not cheap eBay crap thankyou
Here's what I use, and works great.
Borax 1/2 Pound Container Melting Flux 8 Oz. To Glaze Crucible Dishes for Gold Silver Jewelry by JTS a.co/d/iqVhf37
The grocery store and Walmart
try GLASS powder, it will work much better
Really, I haven't heard that. I'll give it a try. Thanks for the info!
@@JoshuaAndersonLife in old times the goldsmiths use to refine gold and silver :
LEAD (this process takes a lot of time) in a brick powder crucible.
GLASS powder, its a easy way as you do with borax or even better.
SALITRE(potassium nitrate) , its a very good way to refine, used until this days when acids not available.
@lancelottavola9685 after a quick search I couldn't find any glass powder that didn't just look like it was for decorative purposes... The history of gold and silver mining and refining is really cool.
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