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Alternative methods for gold extraction
So I made a thread on here not long ago asking how to go about making pure KCN so that I could use it to extract gold from some cheap and easily
available ore. I didn't get around to it and I had been wrestling with whether or not to do it for a while, and I've decided that I'm not going to
simply because I do not trust myself with stuff that toxic. I'm somewhat clumsy, and it get worse when I'm trying not to be, which obviously
isn't good in this situation.
Even making the crude KCN from cyanate and carbon before was a completely stupid move on my part given that I've only been practicing chemistry for
about a year and a half and I'm very lucky I didn't kill myself, but I was in that sense-defying "I can make money out of this!" mindset
instead of "Could I kill myself doing this?".
Long story short, I'm looking to see if anyone has some easy or efficient alternative ways to extract gold from low-grade or high-grade ore. I've read
about leaching the gold using thiosulphate, but that only works with copper-containing ore so it's not the most efficient solution. So it would be
nice to hear from people who might have experience in this sort of thing.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." – Albert Einstein
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Start here...
Georgius Agricola: De Re Metallica
[Edited on 15-4-2015 by Bert]
Rapopart’s Rules for critical commentary:
1. Attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly and fairly that your target says: “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it
that way.”
2. List any points of agreement (especially if they are not matters of general or widespread agreement).
3. Mention anything you have learned from your target.
4. Only then are you permitted to say so much as a word of rebuttal or criticism.
Anatol Rapoport was a Russian-born American mathematical psychologist (1911-2007).
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Okay, I'll give that a read later. Thanks.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." – Albert Einstein
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Similar discussion, a while ago.
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=21769
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