melting gold with a propane torch

[@Neverenuftime]

What Karat gold is that? And, can you tell what signs of contamination you noticed? Thank you.

[@andromeda1892]

I would say 23ct. There was platinum contamination.

[@manishkumar-qm1ve]

Which tourch is using

[@andromeda1892]

Rothenberger quick fire 2.

[@wageslaveuranus9596]

Lately , I've been facinated with the idea of microwave melting gold.Since its conductive , do you think just a small (2-3) gram batch on an open melting dish could melt together without melting the oven? Please try for a video! thanks for sharing!

[@andromeda1892]

Thanks for you comment. I ain't to sure about microwave oven melting. It's out of my expertise. I have seen videos on it but i don't know much about it really.

[@sinanaydn7907]

Excuse my amusement but.. this is like the funniest thing I've heard in a while. Electrical engineer here: Microwaves heat food not because food is conducive (I wouldn't think most foods are super conductive anyways) but because they have water. In layman's terms, the microwave emits "micro" waves that happen to be in the same "vibe" with good old water H2O. When the waves encounter the water in the food, the water and the waves start vibing more and more. The water moves around with the waves, in microscopic scales, which you can consider vibrating, which in turn is the definition of heat. Gold in the other hand, is entirely gold with an optional addition of copper and such. What at most can happen is since gold is a conductor, due to the waves can arc either to itself or to the body of the microwave, and since arcs inherently create plasma which in our case is superheated air, that might warm it up or melt the gold and the microwave body in a few spots. Moral of the story is DO NOT ATTEMPT.

[@wageslaveuranus9596]

@@sinanaydn7907 Thanks for your opinion,any input is VERY welcome!! So ... at the end of your reply, you said "melt the gold" ... ? I think the melting dish is an insulator , no? search "microwave gold melting" . Wouldn't this approach be cleaner than introducing contaminates from the torch or the atmosphere? BTW , microwaves are almost free here so ,science WILL happen no matter what.. I tried a few milligrams of tin to see what would happen already. WHITE HOT in a second or two. I think the trick is EXACT time per mass of metal so it dosen't vaporize to monoatomic gold and be lost.

[@andromeda1892]

@@sinanaydn7907 Thank you for your knowledgeable comment.

[@romantikart]

Hi! What kind of torches do you use? My torch from Home Depot doesn't get hot enough to melt.

[@andromeda1892]

The propane torch was a rothenberger quick fire 2 but the oxy/ propane was a cutting torch. I would recommend using an oxygen/fuel torch.

[@luckyphil_01]

Your wife lets you use the kitchen to melt gold?!

[@andromeda1892]

It was the wifes idea.. 😄

[@wageslaveuranus9596]

Where on earth did you get a wife like that?Arranged marrage?Mail order?@@andromeda1892

[@luckyphil_01]

@@andromeda1892 lucky man :)

[@ColinMuller-q2m]

Beautiful colour that's proper gold

[@greatwhitenorthcanada9600]

What does the borax do?

[@andromeda1892]

It helps remove the impurities off the molten golds surface.

[@luckyphil_01]

it also reduces the temperature required to melt gold

[@سفيانصادق-د2ن]

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