I love the look of the etched copper after the silver cementing stage. Being able to see the different copper crystals in the larger piece just blows my mind.
Well my friend I never tire of seeing you and Mac making that wonderful crystal. Working with it wasn't really any different than using shot but did get pourable a bit sooner. It still makes such wonderful shine pieces for sure. Thanks bud and I'll see you next post !
I really like your cell design - using the stainless steel bowl is such a practical idea! I will try this design for tin refinement (from tin(II) chloride solution).
hello , can U tell me please what is the best elektrolite solution for stripping silver from silverplated cutlery & stuff , i use now destilated water with a bit only nitric acid so PH is like 1 , but i m shure there is better solution for doing this with better results :) , and how high ? the vollt and amper shuld be for best results , THX U a lot ...
Can you do a cost expenses profit analysis video?? With all the costs even electricity it seems like the margins would be slim vs selling to a processing plant your various grade materials our plant in Columbus closed but I'm assuming there is others I just havent found them yet
You should re-start the silver cell with the old bowl. Don't clean out the residual crystals, the new crystals will have a starting point from which to grow.
I have done that in the past when in a hurry. But I am sort of a clean-freak when it comes right down to it. I’ve even been referred to as “an#l” by some folks. Probably not necessary. It appeals to my meticulous nature.
First off I have learned so much so thank you. I have actually built a evacuation hood in my shop to do this. My cell is up and running and everything is going great (because I have watched all your videos many times) my question here is what are the dishes you are using on your hot plate? I had a Pyrex oven dish I was using and it cracked. Luckily it held long enough for me to get my electrolyte off. And thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
It does silver plate the bowl. But not like a silver plated fork. Stainless is very difficult to plate with precious metals. This makes it a perfect cathode material because the metal won’t stick to the stainless.
Each time is different. I’ve seen the harvest be as low as 1.2 kilos and as high as 2.1 kilos. But the average is about 1.5 kilos. I get three harvests per month on average.
@@endothermicexothermic4051 from...things made out of silver? He literally dissolves old jewelry and antiques his amazing and lovely wife collects for hims. =) watch his videos....
Yes, you could make two filters out of one vacuum cleaner bag. But I like using a double filter. Any of the slimes that get through the first layer will get trapped by the second. This will ensure high purity silver.
Did you try with lower concentration of AgNO3 in the cell? Is reaction going slowly? I am wondering how you ended up with dissolving 600 g of silver?! :)
Current flow does the work. Higher silver concentrations increase conductivity. I could use 350g instead of 600g but the electrolyte would be less conductive, slower, and increase risk of becoming depleted and start to codeposit copper
What would happen if you used fine copper powder in the silver nitrate solution? Would you see a sudden drop of silver out of solution like gold from solution with Sodium Metabisulfite? You could drop a whole lot quickly and clean up the last bits with a strip of copper.
Have you tried growing a single crystal by adding a single seed crystal in the bottom of the clean bowl. Just wondering how big and solid of a crystal you can get.
Do you ever measure the specific gravity of the solution. And a second question. If you just put the diluted acid in the cell. Would it create its own silver content?
Hello from Australia Mr Sreetips.. I have recently found your videos, i have a collection of .sterling silver, and a collection of silver coins, .999, where do i start to get to the silver cell process?.thanku for your fascinating videos..
Hello Australia. I’d recommend that you hold that silver like it is. It contains a known quantity of silver and will track right on up with the bullion. No need to refine it so long as you don’t try to “melt it down” and ruin the markings. Do that and its value becomes questionable.
When you started this did you use a pc power supply, if yes did it get the job done ok? When I start this I'm wanting to use as much of the supplies that I already have. Also is the stainless steel bowl a magnetic stainless or non-magnetic stainless? Thank You and Have a GREAT Day My Friend!!!
I think that the bowl is non magnetic. Pc power supply is not regulated on the 3.3 volt rail. It’s ok to use in a pinch. But a 30v 5amp regulated power supply is cheap (less than $50) and available on eBay. That’s where I got mine.
Why do you buy filter bags for the application? Have you ever thought of looking for dacron cloth by the yard? I'm pretty sure you could get suitable cloth from sailmakers, end cuts and scraps can be had for cheap.
Old habits die hard. I should have done that ages ago. The vacuum cleaner bags work good, are available, and I just kept using them as a matter of convenience.
Mr. Sreetips, I am curious what would happen if you just smashed or cut .925 silver and put it in the filter bag. Is that too impure to use or would the filter bag filter out the .075 unwanted metal from the silver? Thank you again for the great videos.
Thanks man I’m up to just over 13lbs of cement silver now and 2.6 lbs of pure silver crystal although my crystals look more like big flat mirror flakes.. and no picture can do justice on how much they twinkle like diamonds!!!
@@sreetips so you get 1.5ish silver kilos from 10oz of shot. How is this possible? I just to say I'm a newbie at this. Just trying to understand, not be disrespectful. Thanks
Copper dust would work. But, when cementing silver, it’s best to use large flat pieces. Using dust would ultimately end up creating higher copper contamination in your cement silver.
Would work, but seperation would be a pain. Cement silver with copper powder would require another round of dissolution and cementation and you'd have to use a solid copper, or a different method to reclaim pure silver anyway. Better off melting the Cu powder into a solid bar for this purpose, if it is all you have.
The silver in the electrolyte slowly gets replaced by the copper contamination in the silver shot. Eventually the electrolyte will be full of copper and won't be able to take any more and the copper will start depositing in the silver crystals contaminating them. That's why it starts out clear but turns darker blue the longer the cell is run.
I know this might b a stupid question but here it goes anyways. Are u growing silver.? This is so interesting and is honestly very informative. I’ve learned more from you than I ever did in school. I just don’t get one thing though. If you are yielding silver like growing it. Or is this just a way to refine it. Thanks for the good content.
I am growing silver. But not out of thin air. I am adding impure 99% silver shot to the anode basket and passing an electric current through it. The current dissolves the impure silver. The impurities get trapped in the anode filter. The silver passes through the filter. The dissolved silver travels through the blue electrolyte and plates out as absolutely pure elemental silver on the inside of the stainless steel bowl.
Would it be possible to make Gold crystal using this same method? Instead of using silver shot and silver electrolyte, could you substitute gold shot and gold electrolyte and produce gold crystals?
They are not true crystals. The silver plates out on the stainless bowl at first but after the silver grows (plated out) then it (the silver) begins plating out on top of silver forming patterns that resemble crystals. But they are not true crystals.
@@sreetips wow man, you're a beast! I wish I could start doing something like this. Would probably take a big initial investment. Your videos are awesome very entertaining 👏
Related to the previous question. Is it possible to bump up this procedure to a larger scale, and not sacrifice the quality of silver crystal? Just curious! Thanks again for the video! I love watching and learning. I have a way better understanding of this stuff! These videos go great with a good cup of jobe!
Yes, but at my level, the hobby level, this scale is more suitable. Slow and steady finishes. I suppose that I could run two cells simultaneously. I don’t want to get too big and ruin my fun hobby by turning it into my work.
@@sreetips you were working on a furnace to increase your shot-making capacity. How is that coming along? I remember seeing tubs or bowls full of cement silver.
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Yes! The system is very expensive and the cartridges must be replaced. I use about 20 gallons per month. At $1 per gallon it’s more economical to buy Food Lion distilled water. About 80% of my distilled water usage goes towards rinsing my glassware after cleaning it.
Goldsilverpro (his user name on the forum) is the copper in the electrolyte advocate. And I agree. The copper does something and makes the crystals fatter.
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Question . Ok why do you harvest the silver then turn right around and dissolve the silver to make silver again . It's awesome to watch it.dont get me wrong . Just wondering
Comes with the territory. I can use the electrolyte a second time and get two refinings. But some of the silver gets depleted as the cell operates, its plated out on the cathode. I get three harvest per month. And I get to keep about one kilo from each batch.
@@sreetips thank you for the response.. now I understand I thought you only got 1 harvest per. Causing more work .. but now I see you get a good amount then.
One note that could have been included: When adding the distilled water to the electrolyte solution, an annotation "Don't use tap water here, it will precipitate the silver as silver chloride" will emphasize the need for distilled water at this stage.
I was excited to see the crystals hit eBay. Im curious as to why it costs more than other sellers on eBay. @29 for 5 grams is 6.40 a gram. Is there a different pricing for elemental silver or something? I prefer to order yours as you have nice big crystals.
9999 means that out of ten thousand parts, 9999 of them are silver only one is not silver. The 9999 silver coins that you refer to started out as silver crystal. The silver crystal is melted then formed into coins for investors. The crystal that I have for sale is for novelty, not investment but it is investment grade silver just like the big refiners sell.
I had it tested with fire assay by Guardian Labs in the U.K. And it came back as three nines fine. Three nines (999 parts per thousand) is industry standard for investment grade silver. My silver is probably close to five nines (that’s 99999 per one hundred thousand) purity. But the only was to determine that is with ICP assay which is a chemical analysis. As a refiner I want my metals to be the highest purity possible but the extra nines are like splitting hairs. Completely unnecessary. Some people place a higher premium on four nines over three nines. But in the end, unless it’s being used for medicine or human consumption, it’s not necessary to stack anything over 999 parts per thousand.
@@sreetips thank you for that information. I was thinking yours would be a bit more pure as you use chemical reactions to get silver that is shinier than bullion. Lol
Why does my silver look like cement silver when I have my cell running for around a hour ? I have a stainless steel bowl, a plastic Tupperware lid with 250 micron stainless steel mesh as my basket. Positive is hooked up to the basket and the negative hooked up to the bowl and a fairly dilute nitric acid electrolyte.
@@sreetips Where could I write to you in a personal message? I need some tips if you have paid ones and I can pay? thank you for your responsiveness very grateful to you sir!
ok I love the content but Im clueless to what is going on. Is he just refining the silver or there's actually somehow new silver being created after all the work is done?
Nothing is being created out of thin air. We can’t conjure silver from nothing. That’s why central banks hate gold and silver as money. And, why I love gold and silver.
I could watch your videos for hours. There's only 2 channels that i have found that comes close to what you do. Technically 3. CodysLab, NileRed and NileBlue. Thats how i found your channel. Just curious, what is going to be the next Sreetips series?
Since gold is on the rise, and most folks don’t know a thing about gold or where to get it, I’ve been thinking of doing the reverse plating of junk gold plated jewelry. I’ve got three bins of it and Mrs sreetips has been on me to do something with it or get rid of it. How much pure gold from X pounds of gold plated junk jewelry?
Do you get into a lot of trouble for taking Mrs Streetips casserole dishes and mixing bowls? I took one of my wife's bowls ten years ago and ruined it and haven't lived it down ever since.
Another dumb question- at 5:50, why remove the previous stainless steel bowl? Can't the same bowl be used for many batches of silver crystals? Shouldn't any copper released from the shot remain in solution, and a few silver crystals on the steel serve as nucleation sites? It seems to me that you're making extra work for yourself, unless there's details that I don't understand.
This seems very inefficient. Made 1,500 grams.... And then use 600 back into electrolyte? And the cost of keeping that cell running.... You're adding cooler into the electrolyte anyway... So why use already refined silver??
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Man I love this channel and the fact that you taught yourself all of this by watching TH-cam videos,thats awesome how far you have come.
How all that works is Fascinating and how someone figured how to do that in the first place, Blows me away!
I honestly have almost zero knowledge when it comes to these things, but listening to each step explained is awesome. Keep up the great videos!
I love the look of the etched copper after the silver cementing stage.
Being able to see the different copper crystals in the larger piece just blows my mind.
Well my friend I never tire of seeing you and Mac making that wonderful crystal. Working with it wasn't really any different than using shot but did get pourable a bit sooner. It still makes such wonderful shine pieces for sure. Thanks bud and I'll see you next post !
Learn something new everyday. Never stop learning! Thanks for today's lesson 🤘👏👏👏👏
Love watching this. Thank you.
I'm starting to get it now! the more you explain how it's done gets that little bit more clearer every time Keep up the good work Alchemist Sreetips.
Your silver cell is my favorite of your processes.
Nice to have a reminder tutorial on this. Keep it up sir.
I really like your cell design - using the stainless steel bowl is such a practical idea! I will try this design for tin refinement (from tin(II) chloride solution).
You are a brilliant man!
Keep on doing what you love, sreetips!
That silver nitrate solution is so clean!
Excellent , Thank you for the education
dude those silver crystals are so ethereal
Hey Professor, not only have I gained a new appreciation for chemistry, but as it turns out, math as well.
Thanks for sharing 😊
WOW ! Man, you're Clean ! Just a touch of chloride and that AgNO3 solution would be cloudy.
Yours is Crystal Clear, like Water. Superb job !
Lovely stuff 👌
I'm so glad I stayed to the end for the explanation, because I thought you were just making new crystals out of the silver you'd just refined.
Thank you very much 😊
That is just the coolest thing, love looking at the crystals, nice job
I really enjoyed the video
I have almost 20 power supplies and cannot wait to do this. Getting e-waste dumped on me and i just started the recycling bit.
Great videos
Very awesome
Very interesting process
Good job
Mmmm mmm! Those are some tasty look'n corn flakes!
youre awesome dude
Love the cell footage👍🏻👍🏻 Q: does running the cell produce any fumes or undesirable conditions in your workspace?
hello , can U tell me please what is the best elektrolite solution for stripping silver from silverplated cutlery & stuff , i use now destilated water with a bit only nitric acid so PH is like 1 , but i m shure there is better solution for doing this with better results :) , and how high ? the vollt and amper shuld be for best results , THX U a lot ...
Can you do a cost expenses profit analysis video?? With all the costs even electricity it seems like the margins would be slim vs selling to a processing plant your various grade materials our plant in Columbus closed but I'm assuming there is others I just havent found them yet
how does it go through the tub?
You should re-start the silver cell with the old bowl. Don't clean out the residual crystals, the new crystals will have a starting point from which to grow.
I have done that in the past when in a hurry. But I am sort of a clean-freak when it comes right down to it. I’ve even been referred to as “an#l” by some folks. Probably not necessary. It appeals to my meticulous nature.
First off I have learned so much so thank you. I have actually built a evacuation hood in my shop to do this. My cell is up and running and everything is going great (because I have watched all your videos many times) my question here is what are the dishes you are using on your hot plate? I had a Pyrex oven dish I was using and it cracked. Luckily it held long enough for me to get my electrolyte off. And thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Corning Ware
@@sreetips thank you.
Does the plastic from Rubbermaid bowl effect the silver electrolyte solution?
Not at all
so if you didnt have that centered cathode and charge, would it just silver plate the bowl?
It does silver plate the bowl. But not like a silver plated fork. Stainless is very difficult to plate with precious metals. This makes it a perfect cathode material because the metal won’t stick to the stainless.
How often do you have to refill/top off the basket? What would happen if you cut up a silver spoon and put that in the basket?
I refill daily. Sterling silver would work but with such a high concentration of copper the electrolyte would quickly become saturated with copper
how do you make cemented silver from the silver chloride?
I use lye and sugar method to convert silver chloride to pure silver metal.
So you must be close to tripling the size of you sell, starting to look small for the amount you refine
How much silver shot can you process before the bowel becomes too full or the electrolyte starts to slow down?
Each time is different. I’ve seen the harvest be as low as 1.2 kilos and as high as 2.1 kilos. But the average is about 1.5 kilos. I get three harvests per month on average.
How many batches of silver crystal is able to be recovered before the electrolyte needs replacing?
I can get two batches from 600 grams of electrolyte. I get three batches per month.
@@sreetips where can I get that amount of silver?
@@endothermicexothermic4051 From His Ebay Store! (When he sells the pure silver crystals he creates)
@@scrapman502 no, I mean the raw silver...
@@endothermicexothermic4051 from...things made out of silver? He literally dissolves old jewelry and antiques his amazing and lovely wife collects for hims. =) watch his videos....
Wouldn’t there be enough material to make 2 filters for your little basket?
Yes, you could make two filters out of one vacuum cleaner bag. But I like using a double filter. Any of the slimes that get through the first layer will get trapped by the second. This will ensure high purity silver.
Did you try with lower concentration of AgNO3 in the cell? Is reaction going slowly? I am wondering how you ended up with dissolving 600 g of silver?! :)
Current flow does the work. Higher silver concentrations increase conductivity. I could use 350g instead of 600g but the electrolyte would be less conductive, slower, and increase risk of becoming depleted and start to codeposit copper
sreetips: Thank you!
My mind is blown
What would happen if you used fine copper powder in the silver nitrate solution? Would you see a sudden drop of silver out of solution like gold from solution with Sodium Metabisulfite? You could drop a whole lot quickly and clean up the last bits with a strip of copper.
I think that it’s easier to add chunks of copper and let it sit and react on its own
Have you tried growing a single crystal by adding a single seed crystal in the bottom of the clean bowl. Just wondering how big and solid of a crystal you can get.
Since the entire stainless bowl is the cathode I don’t think that would work.
Greetings!
Do you ever measure the specific gravity of the solution.
And a second question. If you just put the diluted acid in the cell. Would it create its own silver content?
No SG. Some folks add nitric to the silver cell. I think it’s to dissolve some of the silver crystal to increase concentration of silver.
About how many kilos of silver shot can you run through on a batch of electolyte before it gets too contaminated?
About two batches producing about 3 kilos of silver
Hello from Australia Mr Sreetips..
I have recently found your videos, i have a collection of .sterling silver, and a collection of silver coins, .999, where do i start to get to the silver cell process?.thanku for your fascinating videos..
Hello Australia. I’d recommend that you hold that silver like it is. It contains a known quantity of silver and will track right on up with the bullion. No need to refine it so long as you don’t try to “melt it down” and ruin the markings. Do that and its value becomes questionable.
When you started this did you use a pc power supply, if yes did it get the job done ok?
When I start this I'm wanting to use as much of the supplies that I already have.
Also is the stainless steel bowl a magnetic stainless or non-magnetic stainless?
Thank You and
Have a GREAT Day My Friend!!!
I think that the bowl is non magnetic. Pc power supply is not regulated on the 3.3 volt rail. It’s ok to use in a pinch. But a 30v 5amp regulated power supply is cheap (less than $50) and available on eBay. That’s where I got mine.
Why do you buy filter bags for the application? Have you ever thought of looking for dacron cloth by the yard? I'm pretty sure you could get suitable cloth from sailmakers, end cuts and scraps can be had for cheap.
Old habits die hard. I should have done that ages ago. The vacuum cleaner bags work good, are available, and I just kept using them as a matter of convenience.
Why do you leave the glass rod in the cell?
To stir it up
What quality is the silver cement?
About 99%
Mr. Sreetips, I am curious what would happen if you just smashed or cut .925 silver and put it in the filter bag. Is that too impure to use or would the filter bag filter out the .075 unwanted metal from the silver? Thank you again for the great videos.
With copper content that high the electrolyte would quickly become saturated with copper.
@@sreetips Thank you. I had assumed there was a logical reason. Thank you for your channel and your videos. I look forward to all of your content.
what was the ph of the starter electrolite.
I don’t know, I’ve never checked it before
Hey Kevin,
How do you feel about just filling the anode basket directly with the cement silver without corn flaking it?
I tried and it didn’t work. The filter clogged up and voltage dropped off right away
Thanks man I’m up to just over 13lbs of cement silver now and 2.6 lbs of pure silver crystal although my crystals look more like big flat mirror flakes.. and no picture can do justice on how much they twinkle like diamonds!!!
Roughly how many oz of shot go into the basket? Do you smelt it down on your own as well? Is there any weight lost in the smelting process?
Smelting is a term used to describe the rendering of metals from ore and I have no experience with that.
There is about 10 Troy ounces of “melted” silver shot in the anode basket
@@sreetips so you get 1.5ish silver kilos from 10oz of shot. How is this possible? I just to say I'm a newbie at this. Just trying to understand, not be disrespectful. Thanks
have you tried putting diluted copper or copper dust instead of copper leafs to cement the silver is going to work i wonder?
Copper dust would work. But, when cementing silver, it’s best to use large flat pieces. Using dust would ultimately end up creating higher copper contamination in your cement silver.
Would work, but seperation would be a pain. Cement silver with copper powder would require another round of dissolution and cementation and you'd have to use a solid copper, or a different method to reclaim pure silver anyway.
Better off melting the Cu powder into a solid bar for this purpose, if it is all you have.
Hi, Mr. Sreetips. Do you know why your silver is copper colored before the cell? Is there so much copper in it? Thanks for the video.
The silver is about 99% with the main contaminant copper and that forms the color.
sreetips, why is it necessary to make fresh electrolyte for the next process? What is being depleted from the solution? thanks!
The silver in the electrolyte slowly gets replaced by the copper contamination in the silver shot. Eventually the electrolyte will be full of copper and won't be able to take any more and the copper will start depositing in the silver crystals contaminating them. That's why it starts out clear but turns darker blue the longer the cell is run.
The silver in the electrolyte depletes, plates out, as the cell operates
@@chrisr.2410 That makes sense, thank you!
I know this might b a stupid question but here it goes anyways. Are u growing silver.? This is so interesting and is honestly very informative. I’ve learned more from you than I ever did in school. I just don’t get one thing though. If you are yielding silver like growing it. Or is this just a way to refine it. Thanks for the good content.
I am growing silver. But not out of thin air. I am adding impure 99% silver shot to the anode basket and passing an electric current through it. The current dissolves the impure silver. The impurities get trapped in the anode filter. The silver passes through the filter. The dissolved silver travels through the blue electrolyte and plates out as absolutely pure elemental silver on the inside of the stainless steel bowl.
Would it be possible to make Gold crystal using this same method? Instead of using silver shot and silver electrolyte, could you substitute gold shot and gold electrolyte and produce gold crystals?
Also, it surprises me that this process produces crystals instead of just plating the inside of the stainless steel bowl with silver.
Yes, it’s called the “wohlwill process”. I have a two-part video of it on my channel.
They are not true crystals. The silver plates out on the stainless bowl at first but after the silver grows (plated out) then it (the silver) begins plating out on top of silver forming patterns that resemble crystals. But they are not true crystals.
How many silver 1 oz bars of silver metal could you make from that silver crystal?
1550g divided by 31.1 equals 49.8 one Troy ounce bars
@@sreetips wow man, you're a beast! I wish I could start doing something like this. Would probably take a big initial investment. Your videos are awesome very entertaining 👏
What’s the anode bar made from?
Pure silver crystal
Related to the previous question. Is it possible to bump up this procedure to a larger scale, and not sacrifice the quality of silver crystal? Just curious!
Thanks again for the video! I love watching and learning. I have a way better understanding of this stuff! These videos go great with a good cup of jobe!
Yes, but at my level, the hobby level, this scale is more suitable. Slow and steady finishes. I suppose that I could run two cells simultaneously. I don’t want to get too big and ruin my fun hobby by turning it into my work.
Completely understandable! Thanks for answering my question!
@@sreetips you were working on a furnace to increase your shot-making capacity. How is that coming along? I remember seeing tubs or bowls full of cement silver.
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Yes! The system is very expensive and the cartridges must be replaced. I use about 20 gallons per month. At $1 per gallon it’s more economical to buy Food Lion distilled water. About 80% of my distilled water usage goes towards rinsing my glassware after cleaning it.
these yellow gloves look like evidence
I'd love to understand the thinking behind copper contamination to promote silver growth. Can you share the forum link? (I am a member already).
Make it more conductive
@@jackbacic868 Silver is a better conductor.
Goldsilverpro (his user name on the forum) is the copper in the electrolyte advocate. And I agree. The copper does something and makes the crystals fatter.
goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=17233&p=287334&hilit=Add+copper+to+electrolyte#p287334
@@sreetips Thank you, Kevin.
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Question . Ok why do you harvest the silver then turn right around and dissolve the silver to make silver again . It's awesome to watch it.dont get me wrong . Just wondering
Comes with the territory. I can use the electrolyte a second time and get two refinings. But some of the silver gets depleted as the cell operates, its plated out on the cathode. I get three harvest per month. And I get to keep about one kilo from each batch.
@@sreetips thank you for the response.. now I understand I thought you only got 1 harvest per. Causing more work .. but now I see you get a good amount then.
i am having an issue where, the silver nitrate solution is eating away at my Stainless steel bowl. Do you have any advice ?
Too much nitric
@@sreetips What is the ratio to dilute the solution
@@sreetips I think it should be 50/50
One note that could have been included: When adding the distilled water to the electrolyte solution, an annotation "Don't use tap water here, it will precipitate the silver as silver chloride" will emphasize the need for distilled water at this stage.
Absolutely
I was excited to see the crystals hit eBay. Im curious as to why it costs more than other sellers on eBay. @29 for 5 grams is 6.40 a gram. Is there a different pricing for elemental silver or something? I prefer to order yours as you have nice big crystals.
That is my asking price.
9999 means that out of ten thousand parts, 9999 of them are silver only one is not silver. The 9999 silver coins that you refer to started out as silver crystal. The silver crystal is melted then formed into coins for investors. The crystal that I have for sale is for novelty, not investment but it is investment grade silver just like the big refiners sell.
@@sreetips thanks for the info. Is the crystal 9999 or is it higher?
I had it tested with fire assay by Guardian Labs in the U.K. And it came back as three nines fine. Three nines (999 parts per thousand) is industry standard for investment grade silver. My silver is probably close to five nines (that’s 99999 per one hundred thousand) purity. But the only was to determine that is with ICP assay which is a chemical analysis. As a refiner I want my metals to be the highest purity possible but the extra nines are like splitting hairs. Completely unnecessary. Some people place a higher premium on four nines over three nines. But in the end, unless it’s being used for medicine or human consumption, it’s not necessary to stack anything over 999 parts per thousand.
@@sreetips thank you for that information. I was thinking yours would be a bit more pure as you use chemical reactions to get silver that is shinier than bullion. Lol
Just an Observation does it seem like your impure shot has a high copper content? My shot always comes out that shiny white/silver color.
My silver shot is about 99%
My silver shot is about 99%
Does the copper dissolve?
The copper dissolves and goes into the electrolyte. That's why it turns blue and needs to be replaced occasionally.
Thank you for answering my question. 🤙
Would you ever make a silver cell for a fan
Unfortunately I don’t offer any training or tutoring services. This is my hobby.
Why does my silver look like cement silver when I have my cell running for around a hour ?
I have a stainless steel bowl, a plastic Tupperware lid with 250 micron stainless steel mesh as my basket.
Positive is hooked up to the basket and the negative hooked up to the bowl and a fairly dilute nitric acid electrolyte.
Robert, I have zero experience with the configuration that you’ve described here. Don’t know what you have there.
So basically if you have any chloride at all in your nitrate solution its not going to work and the nitrate solution should be fairly strong.
Thanks.
Any chlorides present will react with silver nitrate and convert it to silver chloride - something we want to avoid in the silver cell
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Is this guy a teacher? Cause he should be a teacher. Wish he was one of mine in high-school swear to the gods id have paid more attention.
the Bar on top . is a silver bar?
Yes, made from pure silver crystal
I have a recent video on making the electrode bar
@@sreetips Thank You! Our whole family loves your videos!
hello can you give me the composition of the silver solution for electrolysis?
I use about 150g of pure silver dissolved in 1 liter of liquid for my electrolyte.
@@sreetips Thank you, your video is very helpful in the fact that I do not speak English, I am from Chechnya, but how much water should I add?
@@sreetips Where could I write to you in a personal message? I need some tips if you have paid ones and I can pay? thank you for your responsiveness very grateful to you sir!
The way you say "water" makes me think you're from the Philly area.
"wudder" :D
ok I love the content but Im clueless to what is going on. Is he just refining the silver or there's actually somehow new silver being created after all the work is done?
Nothing is being created out of thin air. We can’t conjure silver from nothing. That’s why central banks hate gold and silver as money. And, why I love gold and silver.
I could watch your videos for hours. There's only 2 channels that i have found that comes close to what you do. Technically 3. CodysLab, NileRed and NileBlue. Thats how i found your channel. Just curious, what is going to be the next Sreetips series?
Since gold is on the rise, and most folks don’t know a thing about gold or where to get it, I’ve been thinking of doing the reverse plating of junk gold plated jewelry. I’ve got three bins of it and Mrs sreetips has been on me to do something with it or get rid of it. How much pure gold from X pounds of gold plated junk jewelry?
Also, I’ve got a group of scrap iridium/platinum jewelry that I can refine to get the pure platinum sponge.
These are the two ideas that keep ping ponging in my head
Sound good man. Thanks for responding
Why don't you use a graphite Anode? Seems like a better choice because it would not dissolve in the Nitric Acid.
I don’t know, I’ve never even thought of that
I would imagine the graphite doesn’t weigh much either I googled it a one in square graphite is .4 ounces vs silver 6oz (I assumed standard oz)
@@huseinabdul1 But it woud not not need to be on top it could be in the middle of the silver shot.
Do you get into a lot of trouble for taking Mrs Streetips casserole dishes and mixing bowls? I took one of my wife's bowls ten years ago and ruined it and haven't lived it down ever since.
I buy all the Corning Ware and other glass at our local thrift store.
Or could you make a video that shows how to do it like a for dummies version
Wondering if all the chemicals you're working with cause cancer. Otherwise it's amazing!
Where is all the original silver coming from that you're recovering?
Yard sales
Another dumb question- at 5:50, why remove the previous stainless steel bowl? Can't the same bowl be used for many batches of silver crystals? Shouldn't any copper released from the shot remain in solution, and a few silver crystals on the steel serve as nucleation sites? It seems to me that you're making extra work for yourself, unless there's details that I don't understand.
I use 2 stainless bowls to rotate them only one is necessary
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Seriously looks like the most creepiest, most akward, ANNOYING scienceteacher. Like from the 1300's A more creepy guy is hard to find!
Thank you!
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This seems very inefficient. Made 1,500 grams.... And then use 600 back into electrolyte? And the cost of keeping that cell running....
You're adding cooler into the electrolyte anyway... So why use already refined silver??
Treat yourself man, it be cool if you tried it in a bigger container for yourself
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