Cupellation - from cupel to SILVER bead

DIY fire assay - refining without acids
Silver cupellation - the full process. Cupel is made from dry portland cement . Silver contacts are then smelted with lead and refined employing the cupellation process. The lead in the form of litharge and the others base metals oxides are absorbed by the cupel, leaving the pure silver button behind.
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[@SURFEAMORETERNO]

Thank you for sharing this knowledge.

[@anisahemad6968]

Nice sir wonderful video very very very I like it

[@OwlTech333]

Thank you Anis

[@jamisontaylor878]

Thank you great video

[@OwlTech333]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@abuseefnajy1998]

very good i intersead this work

[@hashemameli3666]

Very nice ❤ good job 👏

[@OwlTech333]

Thank you! 😊

[@leonsmith-mr1jq]

Qt well done

[@SampathGuruge]

Thank you very much for sharing you knowledge brother , your doing it quite well in you tube !🏆❤️

[@OwlTech333]

Sampath Guruge Thank you!

[@SocratePrimusSapiens]

Thanks for sharing ! I usually add 3 times the initial weight with lead ( Like inquartation ) This let me free time to do sth else while processing... Like trying to recover my first stock pot... Challenging a PH9 mixed solution... Wish me good luck on it ! :D Regards.

[@OwlTech333]

wish you all the best my friend!

[@pitdog71]

Did you say it would work with all kinds of breaker contacts? I have some that are silver tungsten carbide. I was told that the tungsten carbide had a melting point of 6,000F degrees. If it's true will you lose any silver heating it to that temperature and how would you get it that hot? Thanks

[@OwlTech333]

Its very difficult but it does work, and you don't have to heat it to 6000F

[@giovanniventaglio9246]

Would this process also separate silver from gold? The latter in "nobler" than silver but maybe it would take too long to oxidize the silver ?

[@OwlTech333]

no, you can't separate gold from silver or silver from platinum or palladium using cupellation, what you can do is separation of noble from base metals

[@nolanfoster6782]

Coll video! Can you do this process with platinum or Rhodium too by any chance?

[@OwlTech333]

platinum yes, not sure about rhodium

[@garfield12344]

Usually contacts from relays, contactors, etc are Ag+Pd for hardness 1-5% Pd which tend to stay in Ag as is also noble but increase melting point of Ag...

[@razor1983]

Do you think this would work for h90 and h30 capacitors? I have some luck melting them directly and getting the metals bit there is a mix of some 10 metals and I would like to purify a little better. Thank you and Happy Holidays and a great New Year.

[@OwlTech333]

Yes, I'm processing 1.8kg at the moment

[@razor1983]

@@OwlTech333 Thank you for the swift answer!

[@franciscoantoniooliveirade3130]

ok...yes .....

[@julianbye5316]

did not know you could use portland cement for that i use bone ash will give that a go next batch i do thanks for sharing

[@OwlTech333]

Now you know :)

[@julianbye5316]

do you get any PM drop down in the cement or is it the same as bone ash

[@OwlTech333]

@@julianbye5316 same as bone ash

[@chestercopperpot2219]

Hi whats your torch situation? It seems like I would kill my acetylene tank doing this. This takes quite a long time?

[@mattmarshall728]

Wonder if you added an oxygen tank and a big rosebud and cranked the temp if you could speed the process?

[@adelinyoungmark1929]

if you had some sort of press and die you could probably just make actual cupels with the cement (or go online and get bone ash from a pottery store)

[@OwlTech333]

You can

[@arelgr9407]

perfectly, correct video. attention to inhalation to lead fume ⚰️ 💀

[@OwlTech333]

Yes, not a negligible threat: multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/114574O/lead-technical-bulletin.pdf

[@aoyon_p]

hi! thank you for the video! i know almost nothing about metallurgy except for what im learning at high school, so i wanted to ask, how long can you keep adding lead to purify the silver? is there a limit to doing that?

[@OwlTech333]

no limit, to the amount of lead you can add, but there is limit to the amount of base metals( especially copper) it can remove from the silver

[@aoyon_p]

@@OwlTech333 i see, makes sense Thanks a lot for answering!

[@jameswester1067]

Thanks for sharing...pls what is the Karat of the extracted gold? And pls what further way to purify it more?

[@OwlTech333]

this is silver

[@user-sh4cd4kv4z]

Свинец из купели как его восстановить для повторного использования?

[@electricreds6415]

Ok this help so much More more more

[@OwlTech333]

Glad it did

[@Logamkampung]

👍

[@pitdog71]

Thank you replying to me. Is it even worth it or should I just move on to the other silver I would like to refine? Thanks again. 👍

[@OwlTech333]

i don't think its worth the effort

[@pitdog71]

Will do thanks 😊 I don’t know if you would know anything about this but I heard , I think it was in a reply on KZbin. Anyway I read that the tungsten carbide contacts could be sold for reuse but I don’t recall the reply saying who would by them, I have a few pounds of them. That was a great video. Before I saw it I thought the only way I could purify silver was chemically “nitric acid”

[@sisseeboy]

if you miss the flash over and keep the burner on will ever it burn away silver ?

[@OwlTech333]

nope actually you need get it pass that flash to get it pure

[@sisseeboy]

@@OwlTech333 takk

[@user-fs9wj7ho7e]

لقد جربت هذه التجربة وناجحة شكرا جزيلا لك ولكن بشكل جزئي

[@OwlTech333]

يسرني

[@RachelRamey]

Why is the lead added? It seems counterintuitive to add contaminants in order to refine the silver.

[@OwlTech333]

Why you put soap on your hands when washing them? Water washes away the soap together with the oils it’s has dissolved. Think of the lead (lead oxide to be precise) as soap

[@RachelRamey]

@@OwlTech333 Thank you!

[@bestdiycarcustomization941]

If I use this method with 18kt gold will it separate out the gold and other precious metals

[@OwlTech333]

Yes

[@bestdiycarcustomization941]

So I’ll end up with pure gold and silver when finished with the process with anything less than pure gold

[@mikem9877]

Can Cupellation be used to remove the copper from Sterling Silver??

[@OwlTech333]

Yes

[@abuseefnajy1998]

Thank you But there , what torch did use please ?

[@OwlTech333]

www.uktoolcentre.co.uk/2530701-pro-torch-propane-set.html

[@mikaellindhe1917]

Is it possible to do this with a regular silvercoin? The basics seems the same.

[@OwlTech333]

Yes. cupellation is the first form of refining used by the ancients

[@mikaellindhe1917]

OwlTech okey. Thanks. I’m new to all this but i get lots of information from your videos! // Michael sweden

[@MaksatAu.]

За какое время в среднем свинец испаряется или окисляется ? Спасибо большое за ответ заранее. На примере 11 грамов

[@OwlTech333]

Где-то 10-15 минут

[@luizsantos8570]

Ok...

[@merdaslian9606]

Hello, sir, what is the name of this soil, which you are taking in a steel container and melt the metal on it

[@OwlTech333]

Portland cement

[@merdaslian9606]

OwlTech thank you sir

[@mysticworld1129]

@@OwlTech333 Hi! I was surfing for bone ashes cupel and end-up on your video. Is there a diference? TY

[@OwlTech333]

@@mysticworld1129 yes, Portland cement is much easier to come by, plus using it dry gives you a cupel in 30sec as shown in the video

[@user-wq7ip6hr2m]

Доброго вам ,подскажите калиласка ,почемуто не начинает двигатса свинец ,а становитса черная губка сверху

[@OwlTech333]

олово наверно или слишком много меди

[@user-hw6om5wg2q]

какую минимальную температуру должен создавать факел пропана , чтоб окиси забирались цементом ?? , у меня при 400 - 500 по Цельсию все шлаки остались в купели

[@OwlTech333]

юрий у 900-1200

[@user-hw6om5wg2q]

Спасибо

[@kubik_rubik1537]

Thanks so much for showing off the cupellation. I wonder if you process most of the larger silver contacts from circuit breakers and contactors using this method? And also, how much batch can be processed at once and whether propane-butane furnace can be used? I have a few kilograms of these contacts now and I am looking for the most efficient processing method. Thank you and I wish you much success.

[@OwlTech333]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIiQdWaQqpuHgNk

[@kubik_rubik1537]

​@@OwlTech333 Thanks so much for the link. Is it possible to use Cupellation for all silver alloys that are used to make contactor contacts? Although, if tin, cadmium, nickel, etc .... is contained? Thank you very much, have a nice Christmas and keep up the great work.

[@EsamEsam-gq3hi]

hi my friend. what about the purity of silver more or less than 90%.thanks.

[@OwlTech333]

more like 99.9% I've had silver after cupellation wich was tested with XRF: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKG0hWBrp61ob80

[@patiencembavare4673]

thank you for sharing. how do you dispose of the lead laden cupel?

[@OwlTech333]

i don't, the cupels are collected for lead recovery

[@patiencembavare4673]

@@OwlTech333 ooh ok, do you have an idea of how the lead is recovered?

[@backwoodsengineer]

@@OwlTech333 Awesome, subscribed. Do you have a video on the lead recovery from the cupels?

[@OwlTech333]

@@backwoodsengineer no but i have to make one

[@dynomania]

That's cool. In the bible somewhere it mentions refiners working with bone ash & blowpipes this is close technology

[@Zopitas]

would u like to do this same "thing" ( "procces" ) BUT WITH PLATINUM?...and in add in VERY less = TIME?....coz THAT is what i 've been making for DECADES....

[@Zopitas]

AND = B sure but PLENTY sure *there's LOT OF wind while u make that* meaning = LONG *LIFE* 4 u collegue !!!

[@Zopitas]

P.D: annnnddd ( too ) = NICE video :)

[@Zopitas]

ANNND ( too ) c ya IN THE OTHER life....

[@NghiaLe-qq3el]

Bột trong cái ly đó là gì bạn có thể cho tôi biết được không

[@OwlTech333]

xi măng thường

[@makelesisarai6253]

Can we use GIB cement for cupelling??

[@OwlTech333]

I don't think so

[@user-fs9wj7ho7e]

هل تصبح مثل المرآة أرجوا التوضيح وشكرا جزيلا

[@habibnurmag8674]

А если строительным феном вместо горелки? Не хватит температуры?

[@OwlTech333]

не хватит

[@dimmerdim4935]

попробуй еще у жены обычный стырить

[@recoveryofgold7225]

Классное видео! Объясни что это за песок и напиши что ты конкретно делал?

[@OwlTech333]

обычный цемент

[@Alex-dn4jk]

Да понять та можно😀вот в этом процесе смысла нет совсем.Как тигелёк использовать для выпариванья сплава после купиляции свинцом это да,вариант...что бы тигельки не покупать,хотя они дешовые.Это когда с рудами,шлихами мутят и свинец как купелятор и растворитель золота,серебро до 20% поглощает,не катит кароче если когда с щолочами и до 700 градусов.😀Я автора очень уважаю,люблю смотреть,но в этом смысла не вижу.Медь,никель,хром и прочее что есть лигирующие в сплаве будет и никак не очистит этот метод,хоть кислородом продувай сам сплав часами,медь останится.Да и чистить эти сплавы свинцовые жопа,долго и нудно,всё в солях его или упаривать до апупения как автор показал.

[@OwlTech333]

Alex 1975 "Медь,никель,хром и прочее что есть лигирующие в сплаве будет и никак не очистит этот метод,хоть кислородом продувай сам сплав часами,медь останится." Извините но ето просто не так (в етом ролике покозал) мед очистилась все полностю. @8:05 металл замерз из-за меди @8:24 Я добавил больше свинца, и процесс продолжался до тех пор, пока серебро не было полностью очищено. Просто когда медь там есть нужно добавлят на 20 раза болше свинца. (1гр. Cu /20 гр. Pb) На конце купеляции остаются только ДМ

[@Alex-dn4jk]

@@OwlTech333 с чего он медь вытолкнит от туда?Другие окислятся на воздухе и то не факт при такой плавке.Да это древний как мир способ😀м музеях манеты и изделия,сплавы хрен знает что.Да я этим мутю плавлю 3 года балуюсь,если спициальные флюсы сыпать при купиляции золота может как то почистится от примесей...те что силитра или другое убирёт.Свинец и серебро почистить не думаю😀золото,медь,железо,спутники свинца и прочие всё в серебре с таким методом,полно проб читал из наших мест...от добычи руд.Лаврио,Халькидики..на 1 кг серика до 2 гр рыжика и прочено куча

[@OwlTech333]

Можно сам попробувать: Сплавите вместе 1гр Ag ; 1гр. Cu ;22гр. Pb, потом сделайте как показал на ролике. На конце будет только шарик Ag, его вес 1гр.

[@castingtechnology3338]

08:55*09:05 happy face (:

[@OwlTech333]

Yeah just noticed :)

[@ewastesolutionssonny1889]

Cool video. However burning lead and making fumes ..for me just won't work... I just refined a kilo of silver and used nitric...thanks for the videos buddy😁

[@OwlTech333]

Thank you!

[@buggsy5]

You don't get a lot of fumes. The lead forms lead oxide which slides down the bead and is absorbed by the cupel. With nitric acid, you generate a lot of nitric oxide fumes - also very toxic.

[@flaviuvacanta1]

What temperature reaches your torch?

[@OwlTech333]

1300c

[@SomervilleBob]

How much time elapsed?

[@OwlTech333]

about an hour

[@theway674]

Thank you for teaching us but what up with the same music playing in every video. Is this your own band?

[@OwlTech333]

kind of

[@readoryx373]

Love the music, miss it at times

[@OwlTech333]

@@readoryx373 the first one who says he likes it 😄

[@jorgenevarez6037]

What is the material thats in the spoon your melting on looks like sand?

[@OwlTech333]

Jorge Nevarez cement

[@jorgenevarez6037]

Dang man I have a 55 gal drum that is this material i am sure ....i have found big lead prills in the drum along with the crushed up material that turns to lead when i hit it with a tourch i can see the gild in it as i pull the flame away...

[@buggsy5]

@@OwlTech333 Compressed bone ash is the standard cupel material. I wouldn't expect Portland cement to be very porous.

[@OwlTech333]

@@buggsy5 yet it is, there are three main materials cupels are made from: bone ash, magnesia and cement

[@user-xi8rn2fu5f]

Скажите пожайлуста сколько времени это занимает и расход газа

[@OwlTech333]

Где-то 40-50 минут, расход газа незначительны

[@user-xi8rn2fu5f]

Спасибо

[@EsamEsam-gq3hi]

hi my friend. I think there are loss in silver in this method. thanks

[@OwlTech333]

Not if done right. I can prove it to you by fusing 1g Ag 99.99 % with 5g Pb and the resulting bead will be 1g Ag +/- 0.1%

[@AaaBbb-xn8bk]

А спектральньім анализом-непроверяли сколько % свнца осталось...?

[@AaaBbb-xn8bk]

И в место цемента - магнезит можно попробовать Вроде капели из него делают

[@OwlTech333]

на етого шарика не делал но на другие делал kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKG0hWBrp61ob80

[@dl2183]

помойму там там только свинец и видно!!!!

[@user-hw6om5wg2q]

Как из оксида свинца что в цементе опять сделать свинец ??

[@OwlTech333]

цемент разбивают на порошок, смешивают с мукой и сжигают

[@user-hw6om5wg2q]

И что в результате ?? выделяется металический свинец ??

[@OwlTech333]

юрий у точно

[@aydnakgul2210]

Gümüş altın çimento emiyor

[@Inkoffundivel]

800 :)

[@OwlTech333]

800?

[@neogovernment]

Great video but foul music - would much sooner hear the sound of the flame and background noises! :)

[@OwlTech333]

Noted!

[@robjupp]

It's LED not LEED.

[@whatrudoinkirt]

This video is too damn long for a 3 gram silver bead. It's not worth processing no matter the method.

[@OwlTech333]

Jessica Roper the idea of the video is to show the full cupellation process from start to finish, not how I recovered 3g of silver. The purity of the refined silver after cupellation is what matters