thebean
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Palladium, Platinum, and Gold
I decided to give the whole "precious metals from computers" thing a try. The one thing I'm worried about is separating the metals from one another.
I'm aware that palladium dissolves slowly in some acids. This then worries me that I will lose it during the removal of less valuable metals, but if
it is slow enough I can't lose that much. I figure if that is the case, after precipitating the metals I could treat it with nitric or sulfuric acid
and that would get the palladium out on it's own. Does anyone have any ideas on what else I could do?
"You need a little bit of insanity to do great things."
-Henry Rollins
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hyfalcon
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You have to register to read this forum but it's well worth the trouble.
http://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=34
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Brain&Force
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Also try the YouTube channel "indeeditdoes" for the practical side of gold refining. (Recommended by NurdRage)
At the end of the day, simulating atoms doesn't beat working with the real things...
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