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[@seanhewitt603]

That ,right there, is top of the line grade A Merlin style alchemy. I am fascinated by the process you are gracious enough to share with us. Thank you Sir.

[@originalatogscoins]

Sreetips: "I'm going to put my wedding ring in acid" Mrs. Sreetips runs in: "What do you think you are doing?? I can't leave you alone for 5 minutes!!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Chromevulcan]

That was my first reaction, too. He's been doing this long enough, though, that I'm sure she's learned to trust him. BTW, am I the only one that's seen her and thought he's batting out of his league? Lol!

[@Xfinitygrows]

Now that’s hilarious however, if price persist vs pay of ring then …why not. 😂

[@pazsion]

Lol each time adds a layer of gold 😅

[@christopherdecorte1599]

I can see him extracting and refining his jewelry polishing pads.

[@brad9529]

I think the same thing, what must she think when he does that 🤣

[@BboyEklypse]

OMG!!!!! this is absolutely amazing man.... The amount of science and chemistry is mind blowing. I don't just watch your vids, I literally study them and wrote down your steps .. I'm so happy for this channel, metal recovery is something I love. Thanks for teaching what you like to do and know. Seriously changing lives man really appreciate you

[@sreetips]

Excellent, thank you

[@RyanTaylor228]

That is the best looking gold bar I have ever seen you pour!!! The ripples are beautiful, it's really good work! Thanks for the entertaining and informative videos!

[@niagarajoe4402]

You haven’t gone back far enough! Holy some of those multiple multiple multiple Troy oz bars from back in the day were insanely beautiful!

[@ericwilliams2546]

I remember I asked about the silver alloying process a long time ago and sree actually took time out and typed a response to me about it, I was pretty happy about that, I like how he takes time to really show and explain what he is doing and why. I wish we had more science classes like this in either k-12 or even college classes. On a side note, he is one brave man... Imagine if he got the reaction wrong while experimenting with his wedding ring. "I swear honey it got A LOT of views on youtube! Look I made you a pretty pink gold/silver lump..."

[@sotiredoflies]

Check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4mXeqRnZs9lmqs

[@M.OD.21]

He's literally the best channel operator on yt. Can tell he has a real passion for educating others and this hobby. Appreciates his viewers.

[@Edgarsantosofficial1]

He is very good with that , l personally love the way he explain step by step 👍🙏🏻🇧🇷🇺🇸

[@xxb11pilotxx_51]

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[@PlayoutONE]

Never realised how much I liked gold until I saw you pour and get that beautiful result. The whole process was mesmerising.

[@lukasethan6429]

Thanks for showing your craft. I’ve been collecting urban gold for 11 years, but haven’t got around to smelting it. Really like your S O2 gas refinement. Thank you so much for doing this.

[@peetiegonzalez1845]

This was one of your best videos and one of the best practical Chemistry lessons I have had the pleasure to sit through.

[@funkeyfastdrawmonkey1483]

Absolutely love seeing the real time colour changes with the SO2 precipitation. Can watch it a thousand times over and it never gets old. Cheers from down under 🍻

[@pottersmiles7238]

One of my favourite channels. Shout out to you sir from myself over in Wales UK and may God bless you and your family for providing us with a decent KZbin channel.

[@sreetips]

Excellent, thank you!

[@dracrichards5785]

Watching the show precipitation is like watching pure unadulterated natural magic. Amazing. Simply amazing.

[@kyleosbun]

I think watching the forks and spoons melt in is my favorite part of the videos lol. Besides the forbidden blue and orange coolaids

[@jonballard4453]

Sreetips. this happens to be , in my opinion your best video thus far. it was so good on so many levels from the educational content and value to the management of time and the quality of videography the way you demonstrated the importance of inquartation , the precipitation of the gold using first the SMB and then showing a stunning SO2 precipitation and taking a Dustin from the comments on removing the gas tube when it went clear..just everything all around was spot on and you should definitely be proud that your videos continue to progress and get better just like everyone should strive to achieve.. Personal progression. really ,really good video! keep up the great work and thank you very much for the class on precious metal refining. You really hit this one right out of the park! 10 out of 10

[@jonballard4453]

And as Ryan Taylor said that was also your best gold bar pour. Killed it!

[@brandipeltier2105]

Agreed!!! 👏👏👏

[@sreetips]

Thank you!

[@sreetips]

I changed name to sreetips

[@susango123]

As a teacher, I can easily see a first year university chemistry student doing this experiment. I wouldn't do this with high school kids though. It's too much of a liability, because too many uneducated Christian parents would complain that's it's voodoo/woke learning.

[@kyzercube]

Sreetips, I remember the first time you used your wedding band as a demonstration for inquartation processes. Your wife is truly an angel and one of great faith. God bless you both. Your videos are such an educational and life lesson experience!

[@xKateshi]

Not only the patterns on the bar were awesome, but also the weight was exactly 50,0g. Perfect.

[@matthewf1979]

46:06 OMG! Absolutely gorgeous!! That may be the cleanest precipitation yet on your channel, Sreetips!

[@georgemclean825]

Wow! Just wow! Just when I thought you couldn't amaze me any more. You have got the whole process down to a tee and it is hypnotic how the gold ends up so pure and beautiful, well done again sir!

[@jam2190]

You see a difference in the wedding band, and the 6K gold, the low Karat gold turned brown almost as soon as the nitric acid touched it, the band stayed golden yellow. Seen you do this a time or 2 before this. It is still amazing

[@bobfugazy4916]

I think the inquartation has finally sunk in as long as you remember to melt the two metals together first. You said copper can be used as well, I'm going to assume the same 75% as you did with the sterling. Very informative and thank you Sreetips.

[@sreetips]

Same weight whether sterling or copper. But copper takes more acid.

[@allentruitt8632]

So much fun going thru that stuff and testing. I used to buy bags of jewelry from goodwill, but they've gotten better at figuring it out.

[@sreetips]

We used to find gold in Goodwill jewelry jars all the time. But now we don’t even bother looking because, like you said, they’ve figured out how valuable GOLD really is. This trend will continue as people slowly turn away from printed paper notes, that have no value, and turn to the only true money: GOLD and silver. Then, we won’t be able to find it anymore.

[@mortanicus5871]

I've been watching your videos for a couple of months now, and I've gotten to where I usually know what you're going to do before you do it. I know they didn't have these videos when you started, so many thanks for sharing your hard-won knowledge. That was the shiniest most beautiful bar I've seen you make so far. I feel like I might be able to do it now, if I wanted to invest in the vent hood, all the beakers, the acids, the melting equipment, etc. I'm afraid of the upfront costs to getting started, that's for sure.

[@etiennedoucet8762]

Same here, but my biggest concern is getting the jewelry. Where do you find jewelry that let you turn a profit?

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Start with a silver cell and go from there.

[@ArielleViking]

The experiment with your wedding ring was so kool. I love seeing the inquartations, precipitations and melts. SO2 gas precipitation is really stunning to see. Nice. 👍

[@thegoodlookinorange1986]

Best bar to date. Only one I still like more is the bar that had the crystalline structure showing on the surface. Top notch 😃.

[@anthonyrstrawbridge]

My take is that quartering au with ag is ideal. The demonstration between carat au Vs cu in the hno3 solution was amazing. Note: The carat au was unaffected but the cu finely separated into solution. The inquartation of 25% au with 75% ag cast as shot then boiled in the hno3 H20 solution several times resulted in three 9's au. Quite frankly it becomes obvious that low carat au is cast fairly often so it must do well. That said, I'm left wondering if graphite pour cubes shaped like 14 mm chess pieces are available or if you would need to cast using other methods. Probably 24 k kings, 18 k queen's, 14 k knights and bishops, and 10 k rooks would be interesting. Adding gems would be really fun. Cheers,✌️♥️👍 Kudos to the Mrs.'s

[@anthonyrstrawbridge]

I have since learned the proper use of Carat as opposed to Karat.✌️♥️

[@bernie4366]

This channel has got to be one of the greatest sources of ASMR of all time.

[@mikolajone]

as if the gold left us when it turned clear and then returned, simply amazing

[@bigjim8872]

Went very fast on ebay! Congratulations on another great video, and thank you sir for showing us how it's done!

[@angelinifamilyarchives2850]

"Darling, my love for you is like a 14k gold ring in a sea of nitric acid... everlasting, uncompromising, and a little bit impure."

[@DaftFader]

That buddist necklace might be worth more on it's own. If it's a legitimate old hand-me-down necklace from an oriental origin, the piece might be an antique! My friend had a very similar thing with a 3D Vishnu on it made of 24k gold that was hundreds of years old, and it was worth like £5-6k, way more than it's weight in gold (about £3k of gold iirc).

[@sreetips]

That’s why I saved it.

[@JamesAnderson-nz1ro]

I've always thought that this procedure was so cool , especially the way the liquid color shifts the way it does .👍👍

[@SilverStackinSam]

Checked the listing 3 hours after it went live and that beauty sold quickly! Congrats on the refine, pour and sale!

[@woonsockettruthseeker9009]

These are addicting videos. Thanks for your time making them

[@woonsockettruthseeker9009]

Explaining the reason you add silver for the nitric acid boils was really helpful

[@sreetips]

I put my ring in this one.

[@ScottishGoldHunter]

I’m going to melt some of my fine gold and make a wee bar soon! Learnt a lot from you channel⛏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@JoSeeFuss]

Are you in Scotland?

[@johnheckles8239]

@@JoSeeFuss from his name I’m guessing Paraguay 🇵🇾 🤷🏻‍♂️😂 lol

[@niagarajoe4402]

@@johnheckles8239 😂 😛

[@ScottishGoldHunter]

@@JoSeeFuss Yeah I am from Scotland lol👍🏻

[@ScottishGoldHunter]

@@johnheckles8239 😂

[@johnofnz]

This is a fantastic mixture of art and science, awesome!

[@Bluebark64FIS]

Seeing that pile of mud in the crucible gave me the idea on how to safely store large amounts of gold. No thief in hell is going to give two craps about a few "mud" filled jars strew across your garage.

[@gunnystew7404]

Senior chief, you never cease to amaze!!! Keep the videos coming.

[@Joe.Rogan.]

Don't feel obligated to answer, I know it's taboo to ask.. but as someone who loves a good bargain I'm dying to know how much Mrs. Sreetips was able to get all this great material for.

[@sreetips]

$340 for everything

[@Joe.Rogan.]

@@sreetips No freaking way... what a great Lady you got there Sreetips.

[@MerchantMarineGuy]

@@sreetips you’ve got to be kidding. Wow!

[@user-lb8do4ew6k]

@@sreetips Wow! Way to go

[@Shad0wBoxxer]

@@sreetips ❤❤❤ no wonder you married her!

[@stevebuczek]

Flawless pour Chief .. as always a pleasure to watch you work!

[@disgruntledtoons]

To those who ask why the senior chief doesn't start off by dissolving the 14K and 10K gold in aqua regia: Doing so would result in all of the silver turning into silver chloride, which requires a couple of messy reactions to refine back into silver, and the solution will contain base metals in addition to the precious metals. Inquartation, followed by a nitric acid boil, extracts the silver as silver nitrate, the base metals also go into solution, and only the precious metals remain as solids. Recovering the silver metal from the solution is a much less messy procedure.

[@sreetips]

Well said

[@corbinschad1]

Thanks. I was wondering that.

[@TheGekko64]

Love your content! You're the Walter White of precious metals refining! Great use for pyrex too!

[@firehorsewoman414]

Add a dash of chili powder

[@Fortuna_716]

He really has the best channel on this process

[@arnedalbakk6315]

Hello Mr sreetips. Seems to me that Mrs sreetips has work hard to get gold to your hobby. God truly blessing both of you. It is so nice to see. Hard woork and gods blessing realy pays out🌹🌹. Have a Nice day, and thank you for a nice clip. Arne 🇳🇴

[@sreetips]

We both embrace and say a prayer of thankfulness to Him for the good fortune He has granted us.

[@arnedalbakk6315]

@@sreetips amen sir🙏🌹

[@hippyhebrewhomestead8593]

I’ve been watching this channel for years now, thank you so much for your attention to detail! I might have to start refining our stock here soon.

[@sreetips]

Make sure you have a fume hood

[@hippyhebrewhomestead8593]

@@sreetips definitely!

[@wadebert4458]

I love this! I shared this video with my wife, to reignite her desire to go, "Urban Mining", at Estate Sales! Please don't boil your wedding ring....... again! I cringe every time you do that! 👍 Great and FANTASTIC CONTENT! NEVER GET TIRED OF WATCHING YOUR KZbin VIDEOS! Wade

[@sreetips]

Most people don’t understand gold and silver. They believe, incorrectly, that paper dollars are more valuable than the metals. For those that do understand, a world of prosperity awaits.

[@wadebert4458]

@@sreetips TESTIFY MY BROTHER! COULDN'T AGREE MORE! ALL THANKS TO YOUR TUTORIALS ON KZbin!

[@jerrysanchez5453]

I love learning the different ways to precipitate gold put of solution when I watch these videos

[@ICU2B4UDO]

That was .9999 Pure Gold! Beautiful bar!...Where's mine! Lol 😂...And thanks for the Sulphuric purification after using the SMB twice...That's why that Ingot looked so bloody good...Well done...

[@TomokosEnterprize]

One stunning piece my friend. It is truly beautiful !

[@PoppinPortraits]

Cheers Sree great detailed explaining of everything and proper reminders of what not to do!! 🤜❤️🤛

[@emy1111]

that's got to be one of Streetip's best poors ever! intact you have 3 lovely poors in a row now from what I cans see.

[@M.OD.21]

"Honey, what did you do with your wedding band?" "I just had it in boiling nitric acid, dear. I'm making a point." 🤣🤣🤣

[@PatrickDKing]

That's really neat! Imagine the very first person on earth to have figured out how to do that whole process from start to finish...mind blown. Before the torch when it still looked like sludge I'd never have known there was gold in it. But after that torch hit it, it got really pretty. I have to wonder if that necklace would be worth more in tact. If they bothered putting high quality gold in it maybe it was a designer piece.

[@theaccountant465]

I’m happy to see your channel growing man. I’ve been following you since the beginning. Back when you had a few hundred views and almost no comments other than a few questions. Plus you took care of the headset issue I noticed. Keep up the great work and I’ll always check out what you’re doin mister.

[@sreetips]

Thank you for hanging in

[@MakingUsThink]

Mr. sreetips I have questions. @video time 34:20 you now have gold out of solution and made into a powder once liquid is evaporated and if you did not smelt it, it would be gold powder? Noob here.☺ But what if in nature these chemical reactions can happen naturally over time and that the gold can or is in a dry powder state? And what if these powders could be so dry and small in abundance right under our feet? I wonder about big mining operations like Parker on Gold Rush! Like if he had some chemical way of getting the dried powdery gold that cannot be caught of any Sluice, of course other than Mercury? Or at the volcano slags? Also Happy Holidays.

[@sreetips]

Hello. Smelt is a term used to describe the rendering of metal from ore. After evaporating the water, and before melting, the gold powder is actual metallic gold. Very high purity. This gold powder does not (that I know of) exist in nature. It takes much input to purify gold. Natural occurring gold is never pure gold, but rather, it is an alloy of gold with other metals in it. Natural gold, like Parker’s, is anywhere from 18k (75%) to as high as 21k or 22k (around 90%). Please type “placer gold” into the search block on my channel. I refined some Alaskan placer gold. The yield was about 75%, or 18k.

[@143timbo]

Hands down best content on yt my add/adhd is totally invested lol currently collecting scrap and karat gold also step dad was a jewler i have sweeps platninum gold many scrap pieces ect cant wait to execute this method of refinement

[@bigfreddie4854]

I'v said it once , I'll say it again ....Best refining videos on KZbin. Thanks for sharing Sreetips.

[@hannahvernon]

you're just amazing, sreetips. I cannot believe how gutsy you are for putting your wedding ring in the nitric lol.

[@silvaorgold]

What a very pretty loaf I love watching it do that and that SO2 guess again I think is the cat's meow

[@sreetips]

The bee’s knees

[@Allenar4]

If you do the gas bubbling process again, can you explain what is happening exactly? Besides that last bubbling process, I was super happy with this video with you explaining every step, thank you for a very great video. And I hope one day you can pour a full bar in that last size.

[@sreetips]

I must admit, I’m not exactly sure how the reaction happens. That’s why I didn’t explain it. But it sure looks like magic.

[@simdal3088]

Very confident, if this goes wrong you would be sleeping on the couch 😂. Informative video, had no clue about this. Thank you.

[@StuartHollingsead]

Your passion is infectious, in the best way.

[@chrismueller8861]

Since the wedding band came out discolored - a slightly darker shade - it shows that a little part (silver and copper) of the alloy was dissolved. Weighing the band prior and after the demonstration would show that a tiny amount of the wedding band went in solution. I think that inquarting modifies the structure (more silver interspersed between the pure gold) of an alloy so that the acid has easier/faster access to the soluble metals. Please correct me if I am wrong.

[@sreetips]

You are correct

[@josephcormier5974]

Excellent video every time I see you use your wedding band for example it's always interesting to think people still don't understand why you use silver outstanding video awesome content thank you for sharing six Stars brother

[@JSMCPN]

Like the powerful bond of gold atoms, the fact that Mrs. Sreetips allows you to put your WEDDING band in ANY kind of ACID speaks volumes to the strength of your bond.

[@SuperLaplander]

Very nice video. The bar came out so good! Thank you dear sir!

[@glOckcOma]

Wow that bar went fast on ebay!!! Such a nice looking bar too.

[@sreetips]

Had it priced too low.

[@cole7750]

Very beautiful bar! I really liked your video.

[@xXExpressYourselfXx]

Those ripples are the best I can remember from any of your goldbars poured.

[@MedievalFolkDance]

Those gems must be worth a fair bit on their own. I saw some pristene black pearls & saphires in that haul. Dayum!

[@ZoonCrypticon]

@6:20 What was that blue heart made of ? I waited for the resolution, but it wasn´t shown.

[@sreetips]

That was a blue topaz

[@mattsfirewoodvideos738]

Your just showing off your glassware lol awesome job man great video

[@frankrodriguez2966]

Hey just curious what do you do with your plastic/glass beads that maybe threaded ? Need sone for fishing lures n such.

[@showmethegold2104]

Awesome video K. I’ve watched you for awhile now and that bar is the best yet. So nice.

[@michealklonowski5267]

nice purification process it was nice to see how you did that.thank you for sharing the information .

[@alex_stanley]

When you did the hydrochloric boil after the first aqua regia precipitation, what was coming out of the gold at that point to cause the little bit of color?

[@sreetips]

May have been some gold going on solution due to a little excess nitric.

[@ECsponger2]

Dude borderline sacrificed his own wedding ring for the sake of demonstration and for the video. TWICE. Legit.

[@firehorsewoman414]

At 13:24 (1st boil) is it bluish because there is some copper in there?

[@sreetips]

Yes

[@greendruid33]

Another great refining sreetips! The aqua regia must feel weirdly heavy for that small amount of liquid. I imagine that the dissolved gold would just add such an unexpected amount of weight that it would be odd to handle. As usual, all the valuable information and steps were great to watch and hear you iterate. I learn so much every time I watch you do this, even when things go a little wrong.

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Always wondered about the viscosity of it as well

[@sreetips]

I have a video where I evaporated the liquid down to around 500ml and it had about 15 Troy ounces of pure gold dissolved in it.

[@therealhellkitty5388]

@@sreetips I’d love to see that video, will you link to it please?

[@andree_nakita]

I'm wondering if some sort of diffuser for the bubbles would make it more efficient?

[@sreetips]

No, it would quickly get clogged up with gold.

[@markhutchins3643]

When the gold is refined all the down to right before precipitation, if you stop there would the gold stay in solution permanently? Without adding anything and just put the beaker on shelf would time precipitate the gold or come out of solution?

[@sreetips]

Yes, it should last indefinitely. But if it sits in the open for long enough then it could evaporate and form chloroauric acid crystals. To get the gold back out of these crystals I’d simply dissolve with some warm hydrochloric acid, filter out any junk, and drop the gold with SMB.

[@markhutchins3643]

So interesting. Last question, when the gold is in solution right before you would go to precipitate does the solution weigh more from the dissolved gold?

[@sreetips]

@@markhutchins3643 yes, a volume of liquid with gold dissolved in it will weigh more than the same volume of liquid with no gold in it.

[@markhutchins3643]

@@sreetips Thank you Sir for your time! Love the content! It’s really interesting

[@zvestar]

Hello If you don't have Sterling silver to melt with the gold carats Can you use Lead or nickel ingots instead???

[@sreetips]

Lead, no way. Nickel, possibly but the melt temp of nickel is so much higher than gold could cause problems. Copper is suitable. But I refine silver and the first step is to dissolve it in dilute nitric. So why not use sterling silver to inquart? It’s like refining gold and silver at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.

[@andrewrossi7164]

That's by far the best looking gold bar you've done yet sreetips 👍

[@johnwilliams8818]

My sincere *_Thank You_* to SREETIPS for including the numbers (Hey! I am serious!) because it soothes my OCD that wants to "KNOW" them... 😇🤣

[@briankennedy9421]

Should you always use borax to glaze your new ceramic melting crucibles?

[@sreetips]

Yes

[@alanmorgan2536]

If you keep trying this with your ring, will the surface slightly purify similar to the native process to produce tombaga?

[@sreetips]

I’m not sure

[@miniatureshipyard]

Thank you for this as I've collected over 20 oz of electronic parts that nitric does not affect and will do an experiment in inquarting on them. Hoping that adding more silver than necessary will not affect the quality as I have no way of guessing the K content

[@lancemillward2462]

will some silver from the 14k ring be eaten away a little bit making the ring higher gold content on the outside surface?

[@sreetips]

Maybe a little, but the point of the experiment was to demonstrate that the high gold content of 14k gold alloy protects the silver, copper and zinc in that are in the 14k gold alloy. Also to demonstrate that if we want the nitric to penetrate and remove all the silver, copper and zinc, then we MUST add additional silver (or clean copper) to reduce the gold concentration down around 25% or 6k gold. Then, and only then, will the nitric be able to do its job of removing those base metals in preparation for refining the gold with Aqua Regia. Inquarting and parting with hot dilute nitric is a recovery process. Dissolving the gold with Aqua Regia is a refining process. Recovery and refining are two totally different processes.

[@Pwnasaur]

I would really love to buy a gram bar or something from you made by you sir. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with us all.

[@Pwnasaur]

Sreetips I'm curious if your ever nervous to make some sort of disasterous mistake and not be able to get the recovery? I'd be so so nervous!!

[@boarbot7829]

Seeing as it was a perfect 50g, I would’ve stamped it as such. 50g gold bars are fairly common in Europe, but I don’t know about the USA.

[@ronnyjoe7206]

What is the "acid test"? for gold and silver. What acid do you use? How is it done? Does it affect the object? Also, I saw a set of silver cups. They looked like sterling silver but they were not marked. Is it possible that they're sterling? How could I tell?

[@sreetips]

They will have the word “sterling” stamped on them somewhere, if they are sterling. Any markings with EP means electroplated.

[@mareecathie2476]

Just wondering, would it make the process quicker if you used straight copper instead of sterling silver? In other words, would silver be slightly more resistant to the nitric?

[@sreetips]

No, it takes more nitric to dissolve copper. Something to do with the charge. Silver is plus one. Copper is plus two.

[@diegogms89]

What kind of process is used to identify the potential valuable stuff in the field?

[@sreetips]

Experience. There’s no substitute for experience.

[@Sauspreme]

The way I understand inquartation, since the gold doesn't dissolve in nitric acid, if you want to get the other dissolvable metals out of the alloy, they have to be able to make contact with the acid. And only with a low enough gold content, will there be enough dissolvable metal within the structure for the acid to penetrate all the way through the surface.

[@sreetips]

That’s correct. High karat protects the metals from the acid. Reducing the gold in the alloy enables the hot nitric to penetrate, forming a honeycomb structure as it goes, to the very core of each piece. It will remove almost every bit of silver and base metals. The only problem is lead. The only way to get that out is refining with aqua regia.

[@Wyld1one]

I know you recover silver as crystals, as sort of a kind of crystalized powder. Would it be useful to keep it in that state so when you inquart the gold you could just pour precise amounts of silver for when you're inquarting?

[@sreetips]

No, after it’s been thru the silver cell, using the crystal to inquart would be like taking several steps backwards.

[@thebhut3446]

Great videos. Question though, How do you deal with white gold and all that rhodium? Especially can you recover the rhodium?

[@sreetips]

It all goes in my stock pot and then I get it later.

[@fancydeer]

I love watching the silver melt under the open flame it's my favorite part.

[@IanTheWoodchuck]

I've always loved the ring demo. At least it comes out nice and clean from dirt and gunk after the acid bath. I still think my favorite part has to be seeing the silver get melted down, whole utensils at a time like a reverse T-1000. Practical chemistry has always been one of my favorite forms of science. I did always wonder, though... You say the post-nitric boil is close to .999, so could you actually get it closer if you were to dilute the gold alloy further during inquartation below 25% to make the silver/base-metal extraction easier and not need to go through the Aqua Regia phase of refinement? Or is it a material/time efficiency issue?

[@sreetips]

Too much silver and the gold crumbles, falls to pieces and forms powder. Then it’s difficult to separate the liquid

[@megapint1626]

Love the video! I believe we will see gold/silver continue to fall through 2023 and then climb for the next 5 years or so. What do you think? Internet never forgets. So, I may be proven foolish with this post, but I did predict the $50 silver boom and it’s fall. Sadly some fought me on that. I hope they didn’t lose too much.

[@sreetips]

I think making predictions is risky business. Especially if they’re about the future.

[@graffix3001]

That whole process is so facinating.

[@NorthFlPicker]

So if the initial boils are done correctly, aqua regia isn’t a ‘requirement’ unless you want to be sure that the gold is refined to the highest purity that you can achieve?

[@sreetips]

Yes, the only concern is lead.

[@NorthFlPicker]

@@sreetips so the boils can pull out the lead, but aqua regia is the only way to be sure that it’s 100% removed? I’m just wondering because I’ve been recovering the foils from computers and cell phones for awhile and buying scrap gold jewelry and once a get a large amount of both, I’ll try my hand at refining. Thanks for the reply

[@kimberlynolz5725]

Im so glad I pulled the tube out I was wondering if it would continue just like that! Very good vidio!

[@HonorNecris]

After you dissolve the silver and other metals from the enquarted gold alloy, are the gold pieces that remain spongy in texture or still hard and metallic?

[@sreetips]

They are metallic but fragile and break apart easily if crushed with a glass rod.