I believe that some of the alloy elements in stainless will dissolve in the silver, such as zinc, nickel and so forth. I would use pyrex or quartz, not stainless.
Silver is extremely malleable. I would consider hammering it into the size and shape I want instead of casting it. Marshall Jeffrey A. Madore wrote: > I have been experimenting with larger electrodes. I would like > to melt several pieces of 999 silver into one large flat piece. > > I plan to melt them on a sheet of stainless, using an oxy acet torch. > Can anyone tell me if this would cause contamination of the silver, > such that it would not be optimum for CS generation? Would there > be a better material to use to accomplish this process? My initial > experiments showed that the stainless got cherry red as the silver > reached a temp where it would flow. Possibly I just need to heat it > more slowly. > > Any comments are much appreciated. > > God Bless, > > Jeff K1LE - CT > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
