Silver does dissolve in concentrated sulfuric and nitric acid. I was not talking about dissolving, but reacting. Silver is pretty inert with respect to acids and most everything else.
Marshall Garnet wrote: > 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> > >
