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From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Blackwell
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 5:30 PM
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Home made silver recovery unit
After dealing with a silver bucket and seeing a show on the history channel
the other day, I got to wondering if making a silver recovery unit was
practical.
What got me thinking was the show on the history channel showed what they
called a Bagdad battery that was really nothing more than a piece of iron
and a piece of copper placed in vinegar that produced about 1 volt. In the
process of speculating what such a battery might have been used, one of the
most likely uses was plating of metals ie gold or silver plating coins.
The light goes on. If it would plate a coin, why wouldn't it pull the
silver out of fixer and have effectively silver plate an electrode without
spending an arm and a leg on a commercial silver recovery unit.
First electricity and water issues came to mind with safety being first. At
1 volt there is nothing to worry about, but I am not about to try this with
120 ac. lol Yet a 6 volt, lattern battery probably would last a long time
or maybe a 12 volt transformer plugged into an outlet with a GFI on it
should be relatively safe shouldn't it? Either that or some rechargeables
wired into something that would be quick and easy to change.
The next issue would be to know just how long this would need to run to
recover the necessary silver.. The test strips should tell me when its low
enough, but if it takes 3 weeks to deal with a gallon might as well let it
evaporate. Anyone have a guess on how quickly the process would work?
Ok guys what am I missing here. It can not be that easy or is it.
Mark
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