how to easily grow silver crystals at home

[@timotheegoulet1511]

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[@3-2preciousmetalrecycling]

Thanks for watching

[@knightstar1312]

What voltage and amps are you using ? Can the electrolyte be made with 17% sulfuric acid with sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate added ? And if yes what would be the percentage of sulfuric acid concentration and distilled water, and how much sodium/potassium nitrate salts ? However with this type of electrolyte solution the silver may fall to bottom as a creamy sludge and may need to be filtered if I'm correct. Buying silver nitrate is very expensive where I live. For me its less expensive to buy a 10oz silver bullion for $400 and dissolve it in acid to make the electrolyte solution.

[@3-2preciousmetalrecycling]

I was running it between 5 and 8 volts and under half an amp if I remember correctly. Sulfuric acid and a nitrate salt would make a weak nitric acid, and as soon as you added your electrode, the acid would eat it up. I used the silver nitrate crystals as it's the cheapest option for me. If you can do it cheaper by dissolving silver bullion, by all means, use that method. The end result will be the same. Thanks for watching 👍

[@xDropzerox]

How much silver nitrate crystal do you use when making a solution.

[@3-2preciousmetalrecycling]

I use 50 grams silver nitrate crystals to every 250ml water. 👍

[@xDropzerox]

@3-2preciousmetalrecycling excellent thank you!!!

[@einfachleos2355]

Hi i don’t understand ar u making more silver or u just make it 999 trug this process? Like could u make a living whit this ?

[@3-2preciousmetalrecycling]

The process is refining the silver to make it 99.999 fine. The process removes all the impurities so that you are left with just pure silver. Precious metal refiners do make a living doing this they either charge a fee for the process or take a percentage of the metal depending on the arrangement with their customer.

[@3-2preciousmetalrecycling]

For instance, jewelers have their scrap metals, off cuts, and mistake pieces refined. They need to know what karat their metals are to ensure purity when they sell their piece. Too much solder, for instance, can lower the purity and make the metal softer so they can't just melt all their scrap together and roll out a new sheet. Refining takes out all the solder, copper, and other impurities so that the fine metal can be mixed again to get the desired karat

[@einfachleos2355]

@@3-2preciousmetalrecycling now i understand this better, it’s very interesting love you’r content 👍🏽 thank you .

[@vivianborsh6268]

How much did the solution cost? Is this profitable?

[@3-2preciousmetalrecycling]

Silver nitrate crystals for me cost about as much as buying silver and nitric acid and dissolving the silver. But my country doesn't allow me to purchase nitric acid, so it's invaluable if I want to make silver crystals. I would otherwise first have to spend a couple of hours making the acid then a couple of hours dissolving silver, in-between allowing the electrolyte to cool down I would lose a whole day just making electrolyte.

[@3-2preciousmetalrecycling]

I also recover the silver from the electrolyte once it becomes over contaminated with copper

[@Skywardshotsfpv]

What is the electrolyte that u used???

[@3-2preciousmetalrecycling]

Silver nitrate crystals dissolved in distilled water. 👍

[@Skywardshotsfpv]

@@3-2preciousmetalrecycling only problem in canada is how expensive this stuff is. even to make it is impossible

[@LoekRuiterman]

Hello mate this is very interesting. This process doesnt actually grow silver ie make more than it eats on the anode? Or is there a return x amount of electrode eaten is multiplied by a factor of y?

[@3-2preciousmetalrecycling]

Hi. It doesn't make more than it takes from the anode. The process is used to purify the silver in the anode by removing impurities. Copper impurities will trade places with silver in the electrolyte, and platinum group metals or gold particles will be trapped in the filter. Thanks for watching