According to the standard lab reference "Elements" by John Emsley, science writer at Cambridge University Silver dissolves in sulfuric (H2SO4) and nitric acid (HNO3).
Where did you get your information Marshall? Garnet On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 22:02, Marshall Dudley wrote: > My guess is that it was a 14K silver plated copper chain, and the copper > reacted with the acid. There is no acid that will attack pure silver metal > at room temperature alone. If there was then cleaning stains left by > evaporated CS would be easy. > > Marshall > > Peter Rebaudo wrote: > > > Marshall Wrote > > > > silver is one of the most inert metals there is, it is slightly more > > reactive than gold, but > > not much. You can drop it into fuming nitric, sulfuric and hydrochloric > > acids > > (independently) and nothing happens. > > > > Marshal: > > > > As a child once I try to clean a silver chain in an Ounce of the acid > > tinners use to solder. The chain completely dissolved after a few minutes. > > > > What kind of acid do You think it was? > > > > Peter R > > > > -- > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> >
