Electrolytic Gold Refining Cell Pt1

[@scottindestin]

The King of Inquartation totally dominating the electrolytic refining cell arena.

[@kiwigurn]

And gold forging!

[@gerard8496]

i have to admit tips has the knack to blow a persons mine thank the lord i have a gold claim to try in new mexsome al come wee its playcthen

[@jimwednt1229]

He Just kicked in the door of the blacksmith (Goldsmit) arena, as well😎

[@seanhewitt603]

Automatic thumbs up for the 21st century Merlin!

[@jakesmerth1919]

Regular Joe: Welp, power's out, guess I'll take a nap. Sreetips: *gets a light and keeps filming Dedecation.

[@Thisisnolongerajoke]

Talks about 10 ounce gold like a 10 dollar ring.😂😂😢😢❤❤

[@adws5696]

We all have been waiting for this! Gold Refining CELL

[@kiwigurn]

Now where can I get a titanium bowl?

[@papaown]

Exciting. Seeing a silver cell is always cool, but there's something about a gold cell that is awesome. I suppose this is pretty rare outside of industrial manufacturing considering how expensive this must be. 10/10 as always Sreetips!

[@terischannel]

Your videos are always awesome. I used a gold back and alligator clips to hold my anode on the beaker. So far it has worked out.

[@HE-pu3nt]

Sweet! I've a lot of Karat scrap to refine and I would love to use electrolysis. We swapped a comment last year about dangerous gases and spotting gold. I ended up with a two bay fume hood, with a Teflon liner and both have a 20liter spill capture tank. I'm just honing my lab skills ATM, starting with gram amounts. VERY exciting! I Love your video, and your channel.

[@sreetips]

That’s awesome. I should get a bigger fume hood. Would be like taking a breath of fresh air.

[@Antonowskyfly]

You are welcome. An excellent project well worth sharing with the world via your excellent channel. The power outage could not have come at a better time. Thank you Sir!👍👍🤟

[@e.7202]

Excited for this one!! Well all of them really. Appreciate the dedication to walking through your processes in detail. Thank you for having a fantastic and highly educational channel!

[@Joe.Rogan.]

Really stepping it up from the last time you did this..

[@sreetips]

Anything worth doing is worth over doing.

[@Joe.Rogan.]

@@sreetips haha when I saw the size of the cathode it got me excited for this experiment. Good luck my friend!

[@sreetips]

Thank you!

[@justanopinion7029]

@@sreetips Pls help i need to know when making the silvers crystals with the nitric acid i can find bottles with 68% will that do...I sent you a message a few days back pls read i really wanna learn this but need your advice pls help!!

[@sreetips]

You need to get a fume hood first. No way to safely do these reactions without one.

[@timdunk7278]

Got me hooked on this creative experiment. Love it. Thank you

[@ArielleViking]

This series will be another real treat for us all. 👍🏻

[@prodrive4509]

Brilliant channel, I've been watching for years! Some time ago you did a whole education series on the reactivity series of metals - it would great if you did a similar series on electrolysis.

[@Ken.Kaniff.From.Conn.]

I really enjoyed watching you make the anode bar!

[@Steelythestacker]

Just an idea.... If you watch a video called "brilliant technique of lead acid battery restoration". They make.their own lead runners to connect the cell packs in the batteries. It might give you an idea how to try to make the stringers a bit different. If not it's still a really interesting watch.

[@湖狸]

Wonderful! とても興味深い動画をありがとうございます。次回も楽しみにしています！

[@nonshock]

This looks like the series that will break the internet! I was really hoping for you to make this happen.

[@dunravin]

I made the suggestion last time you did this to roll out your anodes into a thin ribbon which you can just feed in as they're consumed (being thin enough to form around the edge of the beaker for support) clip your power cable direct to the anode. No faffing with connection pieces.

[@dunravin]

Alternatively roll out your anodes then roll one end up into a lump leaving enough to hook over the beaker and connect to PSU.

[@sreetips]

Good idea, thank you.

[@GlassEyedDetectives]

Oh boy!, i have no doubts that this will be an amazing outcome knowing your skill and perseverance.

[@ritties]

Ahh... I'm like you.... Not a chemist... I realize what I "don't know" but always want to learn.... Thanks Master Chief!!!!

[@happilyreformed]

I was just rewatching some of your silver cell videos and wondering how to do the same thing with gold. Now we’re on the way and I’m anticipating the next video

[@ciorchinos]

man that gold looks so nice, I understand the gold rush to another dimension now after this videos of yours

[@StefanShorko]

Good work team. Its a really smart strategy to make a gold electrolytic cell, i am very much looking forward to it. Also the gold figure you made at the end looked like a crooked popsicle.

[@LiborTinka]

You indeed have a particular set of special skills. Very inspirative. I am doing organic chemistry (dyestuffs, extracts, analytical) but also have to do electrolysis or learn new things from other fields - its always beneficial to be more interdisciplinary :)

[@sreetips]

Excellent

[@fredrichardson9761]

I am so psyched you're running a gold electrolysis experiment. That is one of my favorite prior videos of yours. Gold crystals are something you don't see very often at all - very cool! 👍👍

[@fredrichardson9761]

BTW - is there any concern that you might pick up some impurities off your anvil while shaping the gold anode lead? It looked like it might have picked up some rust, but it was hard to tell.

[@sreetips]

Yes, I need to get a small stainless steel block to do my hammering of the gold. Plus I have a roller for making gold wire. Just didn’t remember to break it out.

[@fredrichardson9761]

@@sreetips Oh that is cool! BTW - is it possible to use a stainless steel bowl as your cathode for collecting the gold crystal or does that react with the electrolyte in some way?

[@sreetips]

No, the gold chloride would probably react with the stainless bowl.

[@fredrichardson9761]

@@sreetips Yeah, I was thinking it might be convenient to scrape the crystal off a bowl, but it's actually really neat to be able to see the reaction happening in the beaker!

[@TheDertyHippieStacker]

I am excited to see how this turns out. Keeps me looking forward to watching the master refiner.

[@QuivaRPG]

I enjoyed the different camera angle when you were melting the gold for an anode bar. Also, blacksmithing gold in the dark is kinda badass 😉

[@spunbearing]

This is totally awesome. I'm thinking that hook you made might have adhered better if it was slightly raised off the bottom of the mold dish when you pored the bar.

[@apveening]

I was thinking the same.

[@jimalcott760]

With a little flux….

[@MarkDonerSD]

Also make a hole in the hook so the molten gold flows through and there'll be a solid connection

[@jondicken9067]

I know I've watched hour long videos from you before... I feel horrible that I have to wait! The suspense is killing me!

[@sreetips]

I’m sorry, I used to stay up all night just to complete and post a new video. But this one got started late. And I’m an old man now and need my beauty sleep!

[@jondicken9067]

@@sreetips I don't mind! Gives me something to look forward to! Thanks for the amazing science!

[@AndyGraceMedia]

Chief - I had no idea you were also a skilled blacksmith, working in 1800s conditions!! Looking forward to seeing a pure gold horseshoe in a future video :) Have a great weekend Kev!

[@sreetips]

That’s what it felt like!

[@kevinakers9971]

I'm pretty excited about this one. I plate every day as a jeweler, but absolutely nothing like this. Thanks for the insight and the content 👍

[@acetrey8018]

Goddamnit Sreetips! You are an effing madman! What kind of crazy person needs .9999 fine gold😂

[@sreetips]

It’s for the show!

[@acetrey8018]

@@sreetips I know! And we all appreciate it!

[@hpdepasse5997]

your power supply is 15V 40A, set the voltage to full 15V but limit the current to about 10A, too much current may boil the electrolyt, so keep an eye on it and reduce the current (left button) if too hot. don't care at the voltage itself. An interesting experiment would be to do the same thing with low-rate gold, 10 carat for example (and a copper wire, not a gold one), to see how much gold remains at the bottom of the beaker at the end.

[@sreetips]

The book calls for 1.5 volts, amps fall where they may. Electrolytic refining requires fairly high purity gold anode to begin with (the book says 980 parts per thousand or better). Otherwise the cell would quickly become fouled with base metals and silver.

[@kyzercube]

Fantastic video Sreetips! The instant I saw how the " stringer " turned out I was like - Yup, he's gonna beat it out the rest of the way 😄

[@johannesdesloper8434]

Yay! forging Gold, awesome little project!

[@meettheworld6241]

Been waiting to see another electrolytic gold refining... awesome material brother!

[@kenkelly5848]

i'm excited to see how this works out. very informative

[@SpartanONegative]

Good morning Sreetips 🏴‍☠️ Thank you for sharing with us 🙏 God Bless 🐉

[@Pablo668]

Very interesting. Looking forward to part two.

[@bellowsforge9726]

Can hardly wait for this experiment to proceed, four 9’s fine in one attempt of refining will be amazing to see golden crystals form

[@jimwednt1229]

Hey Sreetips good to see you, man ! The luster of the pure gold sponge after melted and cooled in the random geometric shape..wow ! It gets shining bright In the ambient light.

[@sreetips]

Gold is really something to behold.

[@AdamsWorlds]

Crazy project Mr Sreetips. You are a brave man! But I trust in the science.

[@JeffGillis-lv1rz]

I’m inspired, I think I found a new hobby.

[@Seeing_Red]

Nice work. I'm looking forward to this series. Very cool.

[@ottolehikoinen6193]

That is one expensive anode! But the alternatives are not cheap either. Better to make it yourself, I guess. Feeding this system some once purified gold should work well enough.

[@ego73]

A LONG anticipated uptick in technique! Higher purity!

[@bigpoppa4005]

I love this setup! Great job!

[@DavidDavis-fishing]

Gooood evening from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great night!

[@sreetips]

Goooood evening!

[@Arne-ns2mw]

My good good friend 🌺

[@DavidDavis-fishing]

​@@Arne-ns2mwHello Arne! Have a great weekend my friend!

[@Arne-ns2mw]

Same to you. God bless you 🌸

[@bonsaifesway432]

Very impressive waiting for the results

[@chrish1585]

It's gold. You don't need to heat it at all! Just forge it out. If you want to aneal it, heat it and quench it in water. This process SOFTENES gold.

[@sreetips]

Limited experience

[@Lancelot.666]

I feel so sorry for the gold as it has been a solid, liquid and a gas. Now it's about to be broken down to the molecular level....😮

[@asdfgsfgj8220]

Absolute Legend!! Thanks 4 vid Sreetips!!

[@CraigBaker-t8l]

Cannot wait to see how this experiment turns out

[@JamesAnderson-nz1ro]

Very cool Sreetips hopefully this turns out like the last process 👍👍

[@rpugger]

I really enjoy your videos. Thank you.

[@sreetips]

Glad you like them!

[@warrior4christ777]

Well, i believe when your done there will be no finer gold to be found, truly.

[@1988Mauritz]

if/when you do a second bar wouldnt it be possible to save some time by using a rolling mill to get the right size every time and finish the psu connection by hand that way you could make the hook with just heat and pliars and have a ring so you can clip on to it and the jaws bit on eachother. Having the connector rised above the bottom of the floor of the mold should give it a better grip.

[@sreetips]

Yes

[@danlindey7368]

This should be an interesting watch.

[@richardwarnock2789]

This one is epically Big deffinatly looking for Part Deux!!!; )

[@shaneyearby4438]

That is one hell of an "experiment" all the best of luck to you.

[@sreetips]

Thank you

[@JeffJeffers0n]

Pushing boundaries as ever 👍

[@MonasteryofLaRabida]

Wow that’s amazing new experiment

[@Konglomerant]

Making Cash Money from KZbin and stacking your gold is one of the smartest things I’ve ever heard…

[@Arne-ns2mw]

Hello Mrs and Mr Sreetips. Hope you both having a great morning/ day/evening/night 🙂🔥 God bless you🌸🌸

[@sreetips]

Have a good one Arne.

[@Arne-ns2mw]

Thank you Sir 🙂🔥

[@peteoneill5799]

Cannot wait to see the results

[@RuneChaosMarine]

can not wait for part two and so on.

[@davidmarshall9160]

THANK YOU SIR.

[@theonewhowas7709]

now you have bits of steel in your gold stem

[@sreetips]

Correct

[@SithMami]

Having a great morning now that Sreetips just dropped a new video ^.^

[@jaywrittenour5770]

Always work gold cold after annealing you work ferrous metals hot.

[@PatsyMallone]

Another great vid mate thanks 😎👍🇦🇺

[@brianbonenberger8054]

Quench the hot bar, pound on it, anneal it, rinse and repeat till you get the shape/flatness you want. You dont have to keep it hot.

[@PandemoniumLord]

ah yeah lets get that sweet asmr refining!

[@josephcormier5974]

This is going to be very interesting thank you for sharing this with us six stars brother

[@sreetips]

Thank you!

[@CothranMike]

Adding comment before I finish the video here... I see no heat insulation below the graphite box. I predict this will not go well since the fire brick lets the air under the box. One torch is not enough to heat the graphite box since graphite rejects heat so well. I hope this works but my prediction might well come to pass. Edit after the vid. Glad you figured out from the the chill lines this needed more heat! Good job!

[@sreetips]

I used a brazing tip to fuse the bar to the stem.

[@ScottMorganINFJ]

Nice work Sreetips

[@CasutaCuRetete]

Try like a silver cell. With stainless steel and titanium bowl. And basket in which to add gold, just like in the silver cell, It will definitely work. I hope you try the experiment of recovering smoke and turning into liquid, then recovering precious metals. When to follow filter paper video to recover metals

[@sreetips]

Id need a steam powered 750kw generator to power it!

[@ZoonCrypticon]

Very interesting! But I wonder, why you haven´t cleaned the gold hanger in hydrochloric acid before attaching it to the gold plate after hammering it with a steel hammer. By hmmering it in hot state you for sure transfered Fe atoms to the gold , which is perhaps the reason of its discoloration.

[@sreetips]

Correct. Next time I’ll break out my roller and make a nice thick pure gold wire for the stem. Didn’t even think of it this time. Senior moment.

[@SpartanONegative]

The weather is pretty bad these days Sreetips. Stay Safe 🙏

[@smithologist5272]

Can't wait to see that sweet golden sugar!

[@clintongriffin2077]

What are the potential +/- To this Experiment? Would you be able to do 10k and 14k gold or would you have to Nitrate strip the silver out first?

[@sreetips]

In order for electrolytic refining to be successful the anode material must be relatively high purity to begin with. Can’t use 10k or 14k or ever 18k because the electrolyte would quickly become saturated with contaminants.

[@gerard8496]

good to know you can survive off grid mr tips 🦕🌏

[@johnmallette3143]

Tkzz for sharing.,.,.,peace

[@Sugarkraft]

I Love it! ……👍👍👍

[@ExtractingMetals]

I found myself wondering if this would come out 9999 fine by using karate scrap that had only been through inquartation and nitric treatments.

[@sreetips]

That could work. The anode material should be relatively high purity for best results. Otherwise the cell will foul quickly from base metals and silver.

[@Koolstorybro765]

Mr sreetips just wanna say I really love your channel 🤝

[@sreetips]

Thank you!

[@Koolstorybro765]

@@sreetips 🙏

[@ClassicallyNamed]

Oh Lord, piranha solution as your electrolyte! Don't spill it or drip it. That stuff is scary.

[@NorthDownReader]

I have wondered what happens if the anode is too pure - maybe the precious impurities will hang about as a colloidal suspension in the electrolyte instead of settling as slimes when the anode dissolves.

[@Ellis157]

I HAVE BEN WAITING FOR AGES TO SEE YOU TRY THIS HOPE IT WORKS

[@Projectoxcart]

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[@valentijn9]

Is this then also called aqua regia? You dissolved the gold not with nitric acid.

[@sreetips]

I don’t think it’s called Aqua Regia. Just HCl and peroxide. Chlorine gas will also dissolve GOLD.

[@ottolehikoinen6193]

Dripping strong Hydrogen Peroxide in HCl generates dissolved chlorine radicals (and chlorine gas) that react with gold. The reaction could be way faster if the nearly pure gold powder was stirred but at least me would not want to be near a potential runaway reaction involving chlorine gas. When aqua regia was invented no source of pure enough peroxide was known (production invented 19th century)

[@sreetips]

Plus, it takes lots of heat.

[@brianevans1851]

I hope it works well I'm very interested to see for sure

[@golder70]

Thank you sreetips👍

[@UnwellGaming]

12:26 Thad gold ice-cream looks good enough to eat. rofl

[@reallifeistoflat]

Why not use something like a gold wire die to roll the gold thin? Would let you form cold which should also save fuel. If you didn't want to buy one it would be easy enough to make.

[@sreetips]

I have a roller, but I didn’t think to use it.

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[@petemoss8245]

wondering the "why" plating is a step. Standing by.

[@slipperysam1337]

I wondered if you were going to try this again

[@Metal_89]

would this be a better way to refine gold that has only just had the silver and base metals removed with nitric acid or would it still be best to do at least one refining with aqua regia first?

[@sreetips]

I’m not sure. Seems like it would work.