Recovering Pure Silver from Silver Contacts with nitric acid, hcl, lye and sugar. clean, drye pouring silver, silver bar casting
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@scrapman5022 ай бұрын
I haven't seen an electric furnace look that new for YEARS! I'm on my second one, the first one met with a failed crucible and got turned into a copper art piece.
@shaneyork3002 жыл бұрын
That was the coolest silver recovery video I have ever seen, and I've seen a hundred of them! When the HCL was being poured in the silver solution it made the coolest reaction! Have a Great Day!
@survivingwithrednecks9042 жыл бұрын
You got a lot of silver from a few contacts.wish I had that kind of luck.good show
@giorgosxyrichis36302 жыл бұрын
Well done !! Very good video with a very good result 👍👍
@robertpuleo1203 Жыл бұрын
Outstanding Performance !!
@OnsloVest3 жыл бұрын
Great stuff!
@markmatt91742 жыл бұрын
Over the years i have saved a few contacts from larger contactors when scrapping equipment and bad parts. Have a few type R thermocouples to (platinum and Palladium Rhodium.
@downyourtube2 жыл бұрын
Fair warning. If you send it out to refine, don't use "Midwest refineries" to do so. I sent them 5+ounces of the type R thermocouples and received a recording on my phone saying I sent copper (and it wasn't, I already had it verified). I lost money by sending it to them.
@jjprospector91702 жыл бұрын
How much
@downyourtube2 жыл бұрын
@@jjprospector9170 5 plus ounces (do the math).
@sickens1799 Жыл бұрын
Does the tin paste contain tungsten
@ogbullion Жыл бұрын
No. But silver coated tungsten contacts have tungsten in them.
@OwlTech3332 жыл бұрын
Well done!
@ElectronicWasteExplorer2 жыл бұрын
Nice really appreciate for sharing!
@murlbailer37552 жыл бұрын
It helps if you have the right equipment and a place to do it. But overall a very good video.🐎
@dwightpickens28953 жыл бұрын
This was awesome
@tetramtetram53703 жыл бұрын
Bravo, vidéo très intéressante merci
@noecarrillo43912 жыл бұрын
Very nice video i like it 🤘🤘
@bobcansee2 жыл бұрын
That was good! New sub!
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@carlogarcia67922 жыл бұрын
well done mate! schöne grüsse aus Österreich!
@jacobshrewsbury19382 жыл бұрын
Great video. Got some questions you might could help with....So with nitric acid being rather hard to get if I make my own nitric would it be ok to make the acid with hydrochloric +potassim nitrate +copper and distill the acid off or should I use sulfuric acid in place of the hydrochloric? I'm thinking if it's hydrochloric formed nitric it would cause the silver chloride to precipitate out too early in the process... Causing problems with filtering the acid solution and washing the silver chloride.. Any help would be much appreciated
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
sulfuric acid is a better choice, chlorine is likely to contaminate the acid. omegageek64 and nerdrage have helpful videos on the subject. Tanks for watching!👍
@Rustem_78072 жыл бұрын
Интересные контакты! Узнать бы где такие стоят! Выход прям сильный.
@skadskadov95842 жыл бұрын
явно - не магнит.
@Juan_Doooh2 жыл бұрын
Nice pour. I need a lot of practice.
@zaimgill7042 жыл бұрын
Please mention tje quantities.
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
i don't know the exact amounts of chemicals, i never measured, i do it by eye. Like cooking.
@DarkMatterX12 жыл бұрын
I actually don't understand the last part of this reaction. Could you explain the reaction between the sugar and the silver oxide lye solution? What is being exchanged? The output products are silver metal and what? And how is the waste disposed of? Thank you in advance for any reply.
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
2AgCl + 2NaOH + 2e- (from glucose sugar) = 2Ag + O-- + H2O + 2NaCl. the waste non toxic, poured in the sink ,only the blue copper nitrate solution toxic, the copper solution goes to my waste treatment bucket with a piece of angle iron to cement out copper.
@DarkMatterX12 жыл бұрын
@@ogbullion Oh, I see. Thank you very much for your reply. I wasn't aware that the final output solution was non-toxic. I like that. The bucket with the iron in it is the same way I deal with my waste solutions. I keep the cemented copper to melt and repour to use again, both in silver reclamation and bronze alloying. I really appreciate you taking the time to reply. Not that it matters, but you've gained a new subscriber. Cheers man. 👍🏻
@TheHoss41452 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. But my question is: how do I get the silver part off the copper carrier material? I assume it's brazed on. Is there a trick?
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I use a regular propane or mapp torch and pliers.
@TheHoss41452 жыл бұрын
@@ogbullion Thank You for the reply. I will try this out. I have a ton of those out of big 600 Amp breakers just laying around.
@Amac-uz9hm2 жыл бұрын
What did the contacts come from? Good video as usual
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
Industrial switches, breakers.
@scrapman5028 ай бұрын
one important step you may have left out was after converting the silver chloride to silver metal is to boil the silver in HCL. It will remove more contaminates like tin, and really clean off the rest of the lye and sugar.. It goes from Light grey color to a more silver like color. Much cleaner.
@TheRavensWing2 жыл бұрын
What do you do with the tin paste? Isn't tin worth further refining and melting down?
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
I discard the tin paste, it's worthless to me. Thanks for watching! 👍
@TheRavensWing2 жыл бұрын
@@ogbullion I'd still be interested in seeing you melt down the tin paste into a tin bar.
@youngcaesar56433 жыл бұрын
Where do I find these contacts and what kind of equipment?
@rastakillah37863 жыл бұрын
I think those are mostly from relays, those need to have a precious metal for the connection, to preserve the quality of the connected side and the connection itself. Big ones coming from relays with high capacities, parameters, you find those pads right on the switch part of the relay.
@tinsoffish18102 жыл бұрын
Tin🤔....or palladium?
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
Tin... allways tin.
@mysterybuyer37382 жыл бұрын
Those are big contacts compared to my little ones. How important is it to remove all of the brass arms? I cut them off but there is still a small brass or copper part attached. They are too small to really grab onto.
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
Very very important to remove the contacts from the brass/copper. Copper need 2-3 ml nitric to dissolve 1 gramm, silver needs 1-1,5 ml nitric/ gramm( nitric acid very expensive), if you have silver in solution, and stil left undissolved copper in the silver nitrate, the silver starts to cement out on the copper.
@mysterybuyer37382 жыл бұрын
@@ogbullion Thanks I will see about separating them out further.
@scrapman5028 ай бұрын
If the arms are long enough, I would take vice grip pliers and hold them against a bench grinder and try to grind off as much copper from the back of the contacts as possible and then either break the contacts free from copper arms, or use a torch to melt the solder. Making the copper thinner allows the heat to do it's job. If not using a torch, it reduces the amount of acid needed to dissolve the contacts.@@mysterybuyer3738
@erdalgoktas51812 жыл бұрын
Kardeşimiz sayfamız ilgiyle izliyorum kullandığınızda formülleri ve kimyasallaritam açık bir dille türkçe yaparsanız sevinirim hayırlı çalışmalar
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
Kızmayın ama ben sadece İngilizce ve Macarca konuşabiliyorum.
@erdalgoktas51812 жыл бұрын
@@ogbullion kardeşimiz işiniz kolay gelsin çok çabuk cevap verdiniz türkçe altında yazılı olarak yayinlayabilirmisin
@umerking-jx3qy7 ай бұрын
Naic refind
@user-ve3qn5pt3g2 жыл бұрын
английский почти выучил Печурка очень понравилась и остальное на высоте Сахаром пробывал востанавливать не понравилось
@joshp60612 жыл бұрын
Did the sugar lye solution boil over is that what happened
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
In this case, no. But happend with me before.
@joshp60612 жыл бұрын
@@ogbullion but it did boil right
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
@@joshp6061 yes.
@mvnar2 жыл бұрын
What Sugar it is ?
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
Table sugar, that you put in coffe or tee.
@pierreqiu81472 жыл бұрын
Very interesting experience for me, but isn't it faster , easier, and save alots of chemical, just by diluting the solution with with lots of hot water after all the contact has dissolved and put in copper to bring out the silver foam, then dry and melt them.
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
You don't need hot water to dilute the solution.And yes it's faster to cement out on copper, but the end product is 98-99 % pure, beacuse the copper main contamination, and I have to run trugh the silver cell to get .999 fine purity. With this chloride method I get .999 fine without bothering with the silver cell. Thanks for watching! 😉👍
@pierreqiu81472 жыл бұрын
@@ogbullion thank you for your advice.👍👍👍👍👍👍
@gavinclark68152 жыл бұрын
@@ogbullion Thanks for taking the time to make a video, and this answers my question too, great job!
@frankz11252 жыл бұрын
Why not just use copper to cement out the nitrate? Less reactive. Very nice contacts tho. Great score
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! The answer is simple: Purity! If I cement out the silver on copper I only got 98% pure, with the chloride method I got 999. Pure silver. Also copper cement out led and platinum group metals along with the silver. Thanks for watching! 👍
@frankz11252 жыл бұрын
@@ogbullion Thanks for reply.
@jjprospector91702 жыл бұрын
U got any for sale
@floringineloneci1500 Жыл бұрын
Din ce aliaj este argint industriale
@ogbullion Жыл бұрын
Cupru argint, uneori argint nichel sau argint cadmiu
@rebeccamills2424 Жыл бұрын
U got any more contact for sale
@ogbullion Жыл бұрын
Sorry I don't sell precious metals or e-waste it's not worth it to me. You are better off buying silver coins or bars from a reputable coin shop or bullion dealer.
@floringineloneci1500 Жыл бұрын
Argint paladiu sau argint cupru
@ogbullion Жыл бұрын
Cupru argint.
@floringineloneci1500 Жыл бұрын
@@ogbullion exista și de platina ?
@ogbullion Жыл бұрын
ele există în principiu, dar încă nu am avut noroc
@carlehall9231 Жыл бұрын
Why would you delete it so badly
@ogbullion Жыл бұрын
Delete who? Delete what?
@carlehall9231 Жыл бұрын
@@ogbullion that was supposed to say dilute so badly?
@ogbullion Жыл бұрын
@@carlehall9231 because the solution is too concentrated.
@carlehall9231 Жыл бұрын
@@ogbullion yes that is my exact point I've seen other people do it without diluting it I was asking why you were diluting it obviously we're not going to see eye-to-eye on this. Thanks for your time.
@MrDrDeaGood2 жыл бұрын
Lol 😅 were you doing that in a kitchen ?
@ogbullion2 жыл бұрын
Yup
@dannysearcy3373 Жыл бұрын
Bullshi*, you did not get all that silver chloride from those contacts
@ogbullion Жыл бұрын
I'm not gonna argue with you.Think what you want. 🤷♂️