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Refining Sterling Silver Into .99 - .999 Fine Silver (minus silver cell)

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What can you do with the copper nitrate
Comment from : @pauldent3059

I did this with a heap of 925 jewellery Fantastic I have one question though I rinsed my beakers with tap water and it turned white instantly, so will rain water work in place of distilled, as there is no chlorine in it, or will other minerals contaminate the brew?
Comment from : @joegoedhart1259

Hello! What vacuum pump are you using for the filtration system, if you don't mind sharing?
Comment from : @user-fz1dt2wq2i

What about silver plated items, how would you strip that off of items?
Comment from : @thealanmichaud

You can dissolve silver and copper in a mix of salt and vinegar, it makes a blue-green crystalline powder that can be melted I learned this but I have no idea how to purify the silver from the copper Is it technically an electrolytic solution?
Comment from : @WildBearFoot

Love the videos! How long do your filters last in your fume hood? I assume carbon?
Comment from : @MN11197

Fixin to give this a shot I majored in chemistry in college so i feel like i should be able to do it That was also 20 years ago and i didn't graduate so i guess itll be a toss up
Comment from : @decker528

Your cemented silver is NOT 999 fine silver It still has traces of copper in it, reducing it to 98 silver If you used the lye and sugar method it would be 999
Comment from : @ruuddekoff1090

I enjoyed that! Much better video than the previous videos I have watched so far I just started melting my own sterling and have a lot to learn I’m not ready to start refining it yet but it won’t be long This video gave me confidence Thank you!👌
Comment from : @boatpaintingrestorationwit3029

you can have 9999 but you need to boiling you re acide with silver powder like this you can kill cu rest particul
Comment from : @diMk4MC

sorry bro but if you using spectrometer you will see 97 98 99 maximum you need to go on electrolyse systeme
Comment from : @diMk4MC

Will this method work to the same purity if there is copper in some of the metal mixes? The outer Internet says it won’t This inside net feels safe
Comment from : @jackryan261

Thanks for the video, rewatching everyday What is the brand of vacuum pump? I’m trying hard to keep price down Also, how many bars/kPa of pressure is the max and minimum I'm brand new to all this Thanks
Comment from : @jackryan261

👍
Comment from : @jackryan261

That's awesome, you live in Denver! So do I! Do you do gold as well?
Comment from : @nikomartinez1578

How hot are u heating the solution in the beginning
Comment from : @forestarcher47

I know this was done awhile agoBut wanted to see if the nitric acid toy been pouring was diluted with distilled water from when you first added itand is the mix of acid-distilled water 3-1 mixwith 3 parts nitric acid to 1 part waterany information and help be greatly appreciated
Comment from : @MrProline727

I'm gonna guess you can do this for plated silverware as well?
Comment from : @jessedube9617

12:00s - it's just like game levels from noita
Comment from : @wdwadindwatri

Is this a hobby or can you actually make a little money If you go to garage sales and people get you tarnished 925 they don't care about?
Comment from : @LawlerC

I have lived under a rock for 40 plus years solid silver liquid
Comment from : @cdavey9563

I'm jealous of your setup and glassware
Comment from : @rocki_bb

What was the concentration of the nitric acid you used ? Or what is recommend for this process ? And what ratio of water to nitric acid do you use ? I have a little over 70 ounces of sterling silver I want to use
Comment from : @jameslewis8371

Would concentrated nitric acid be faster and if I was able to do it outside with a good breeze
Comment from : @christopherkeillor9728

What do you do with the silver skulls?
Comment from : @Roberts_Green_Trees

This was great! New sub!
Comment from : @bobcansee

great job i congratulate you brI have a query, my friend brIs there a way to recover evaporated copper?brThank you
Comment from : @didouchgh594

how much nitric acid is needed for 1 kilo of 835 silver?
Comment from : @francesc517

Hello friend brWhy do you burn silver at first?brThank you
Comment from : @didouchgh594

If you melt your final powder into a cupel, could you eliminate the copper and further refine the silver that way?
Comment from : @matthewmccarley9621

Very Nice brother Good Information
Comment from : @basavarajchabbi8609

Is this alchemy?
Comment from : @realMelonTusk

Is the green leftover liquid in the end copper nitrate? How do you solidify it?
Comment from : @kenmastersmaster

Did you make another video of taking the 999 filne silver nitrate in silver bars
Comment from : @frankjones408

Wait you skipped over explaining how to filter the copper from silver?!?!?!
Comment from : @Surtac100

Your silver nitrate solution does of course contain other metals including copper
Comment from : @isaacclark9825

Hey Joshua, how long does your filter last and how much is a replacement filter cost? Thanks in advance
Comment from : @jamesrospierski6989

WOW! Awesome job on this! Your video is the most informative, entertaining and easy to understand of the silver refining process that I have seen! I also love your clean and neat set-up in the garage there! Looking forward to the smelting process you have
Comment from : @havefun3532

why not boil the nitrate acid and evaporate it after it has dissolved the silver? srry for the dumb question
Comment from : @Alberta1stPodcast

Dude It would be nice if you gave my brother some credit instead of acting like your the pro silver refiner You even used 2 grams of sterling more than Phils video He used 1011 grams, you used 1013 Phillip Bender is his namebrbrGood reproduction and you're coming along, well!
Comment from : @cuts777-b1t

WALTER WHITE
Comment from : @soc_914

What a superb solution of silver nitrate Good work that man
Comment from : @six-gun

Nice that you can do this in an comfortable environment I do this under a bridge
Comment from : @apefromthekitchen

Coolaid
Comment from : @godandfishing3345

bVery informative and relaxing video Thanks mate :)/b
Comment from : @NandiCollector

Fun vid! Although I dare say, to get 3nines fine dropping the Ag out with Cu isn't going to be enough to quite get you there Are you running a cell too?! :)
Comment from : @LithicMetals

Dry using a double boiler to dry to avoid that splatter and loss of metals
Comment from : @HDDynalowrider

I remeber you posting a video on one of the silver and gold Facebook pages, kinda cool that you were recommend to me, I wish I could have a set up so some of my silver can be refined, it would be nice to see it in a bar or silver shot rather than junky beat up 925
Comment from : @Tank86guy

Would it just be better to melt it down?
Comment from : @kocherdeal1013

next step to be to melt this silverplease
Comment from : @essidkinformation8603

Absolutely fascinating! I have been stacking for around a decade and have acquired a lot of sterling silverware from estate sales & such I'm sure it would cost a lot to make it worth trying & I did not pay enough attention in chemistry class I'd wind up screwing it up If you know of places that will "melt" your sterling down for a fee or a cut, I'd love to know of them I live in western NC I wish there was an exchange for 999 silver bar(s) for your sterling, obviously giving up some weight for their efforts If anyone knows of anything like this, please respond Great video, interesting enough for me to subscribe 👏👏💯
Comment from : @saveyourselvessheeple

Have you noticed that your silver cement weight and your melted silver weight are off by a certain amount? I never get my cement weight in actual silver after being melted I think im gonna do a video on it because I see a lot of people saying they got 10 or so ounces in silver cement but its more like 8 after melt
Comment from : @bensmallwood8392

hi watching here in philippines, new subscribe to you tha ks for sharing this
Comment from : @PoorMiners321

You need one more step to get 999 An electrolytic cell This powder will range from 991 to 997 maybe 998brAnd ( I'm not trying to berate you) brI think for safety you should mention you used diluted nitric acid
Comment from : @albertalbert4333

How much heat is on the burner when u put in the nitric acid and when your solidifying the silver oxide
Comment from : @showitornowit

Hey can you list every single tool and equipment name that you used in the video
Comment from : @showitornowit

Hey man thanks for the video - great! I have a few questions I hope you won’t mind helping me withbrA) in the final nitric acid solution what’s your ratio of water to acidbrB) can you re-use that same copper wire in the next batch?brC) what did you use to filter the final product? The same vacuum filter as the first filter stage?brbrThanks in advance
Comment from : @aqualuxx

Awesome video, very informative So once everything is dried out you just put it in a crucible and melt it with some borax?
Comment from : @ryanleclair2729

JoshuabrOne of the better videos using the nitric acid method of refining to 999 silver Well explained and with a great outcome I want to pour a solid silver 3" mercury dime I have a good copy made of either nickel or zinc to use for my mold Just haven't decided which method to use, sand or pla from a 3d printer
Comment from : @fredwalters3210

misleading title Dried cement silver is not three 9s fine
Comment from : @thevalleyofdisappointment

Whats the copper to sn ratio? Or does it matter?
Comment from : @DUCKSON1

alright man nice video,very clean shop you have there,I watch all of sreetips videos on YouTube and really enjoyed yours as well so now is some of the pure silver going to be available to purchase ??
Comment from : @staceytilghman3822

How can you recover the initial copper removed?
Comment from : @PrairieProspecting

About how much nitric acid did you use total?
Comment from : @quantroots

Awesome dude! You should do a short video of making the shot
Comment from : @kylebolinger668

Reminds me of teenager years in the chemistry basement, Montreal Very well done, Thank You
Comment from : @glenngodfrey5486

Did you dilute the silver nitrate solution prior to putting the copper in, or did you just leave it full strength from the filtering process?
Comment from : @CuttinEJ