Yes, it is easy to do. Since silver chloride is insoluble in water, chloride added to a solution containing ionic silver will cause the white compound to precipitate out immediately. It will settle out onto the bottom of the container overnight, or can be filtered out.
-----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sheila Haas Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 1:56 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Precipitating Silver Has anyone heard of precipitating silver out of a solution by adding table salt? I read this somewhere as a means of disposing of silver easily. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Sheila Haas Laboratory Supervisor MicroPath Laboratories, Inc. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
