[Jewelry making - Article 00019] - Re: [Orchid] Retrieving silver from a nitric acid bath

[James Binnion]

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>     I've never actually done it, but the book way that I learned when
>     I did a little etching is to pour a solution of sodium chloride
>     (table salt) into it. 

    This works BUT DO NOT TRY TO MELT THE SILVER CHLORIDE, unless you
    have a laboratory fume hood to do it in. The chlorine gas that is
    liberated will cause you severe respiratory problems and could even
    kill you if you got enough in your lungs. I read about this
    technique 20 years ago and tried it and it damn near put me in the
    hospital and I had a ventilated soldering station where I tried it!
    Send the silver chloride to a refiner and have them deal with it in
    the proper setting. 

Jim

James Binnion
jbin AT mokume-gane.com
James Binnion Metal Arts
www.mokume-gane.com
360-756-6550

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