Aqua Regia? On 16 Apr 2004 at 6:35, Ode Coyote wrote:
> > > > If you mix sulphuric and nitric together, you get something that will > dissolve almost anything including gold I think. > This mix is so famous that it has a name of it's own. [Don't recall > the > name just now] > ..add a little glycerine? > > I don't believe that's what's in acid based tinning flux. > > ode > > At 07:47 AM 4/15/2004 -0500, you 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> >> > > -- 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>
