All this talk about chemical stuff makes me want to clean up the lab again! God, it's been like 18 months since I even messed with the stuff! Gold most all chemicals needed, oven, scales, glassware, Pt wire, spinbars, shakers, etc.. even got a quart jar with my mercury and gold laden cotton balls that I have yet to clean up. Sometimes I think I just work too hard and not enjoy the good things often enough.
Do you use swimming pool Muratic for testing, or lab grade stuff? Unless one needs absolute testing, pool acid it good enough. Uranium, if I remember correctly, as it decays, it releases electrons, which are picked up by the counter. There are old "civil defence" models out there, but would (or should) send them in to have them re-calibrated. I wanted to get one so I can have fun finding radioactive food products in the grocery stores! LOL.
I'm out trying to get a few crushers on the shelves ready to go so I can go prospecting maybe next week! Supposed to get in the mid 80's this week, then drop off to the mid 70's the next. Sure hope to spend a day out there but gotta make a harness of sorts to be able to pick up the Impact mill on to the truck as well.
I am Fresh out of Muratic. I need to Refill the Shelfs for the next Test Projects. I looked up Carnotite I dont think thats the Ore So far Zircon is the closest with it's 1" Red Cristals. I gess I should look in to a Giger Counter, would think it would have a Magnetic field or someting to mess with the TV or a Compas or ???
A drop of Distilled water and HCL will make a pinkish ring around the drop on Carnotite, a major ore for Uranium. There are other tests, but this is the simplest. I'm not sure about Thorium though. I like any acid test, as with just a half dozen different chemicals, you can identify most any presence of ores, or the elements they contain.
Thanks for the Recipe CrazyCrusher, But I did NOT use AR I Started with Chlorine for Gold and moved to a Mild Cyanide to remove the Iron , Doing it this way should leave behind all in the Platinum family, Because they Disolve only in AR. Is there anyway to test for Thorium and Uranium I am most afraid to play with them. What do you think about the Acid test ?
Yeah, a long process, but they all can be dropped one at a time, depending on which one you want to drop out of solution first. Filter the solids so you end up with the PT, PD and AU in solution, then buble Sulfur Dioxide in the solution, and the precipitate is gold, with the PT and PD still in solution. Filter it, to get the gold mud out. Then adding Ammonium Chloride to get the Plantinum out, and then sodium Chlorate to get the Palladium out. THEN go to the other stuff. LOL
By digesting in AR, the solution will be the Platinum, Palladium and Gold ions, The solids will be Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Osmium and Silver. (and of course, all the other junk.)
I Have a Question ? In order for Me to get My Ore to This Point I had to Crush it in a Ball Mill, Then I Panned out most of the Lighter Material. From this point it was not Clean So I did a Cyanide Leach in an Agitater to remove the Irons, Au. My ? is "" How Does the 'Leach' Affect Silver and Platinum, ? it my understanding Pt. can only be leached with AR.
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All this talk about chemical stuff makes me want to clean up the lab again! God, it's been like 18 months since I even messed with the stuff! Gold most all chemicals needed, oven, scales, glassware, Pt wire, spinbars, shakers, etc.. even got a quart jar with my mercury and gold laden cotton balls that I have yet to clean up. Sometimes I think I just work too hard and not enjoy the good things often enough.
Do you use swimming pool Muratic for testing, or lab grade stuff? Unless one needs absolute testing, pool acid it good enough. Uranium, if I remember correctly, as it decays, it releases electrons, which are picked up by the counter. There are old "civil defence" models out there, but would (or should) send them in to have them re-calibrated. I wanted to get one so I can have fun finding radioactive food products in the grocery stores! LOL.
I'm out trying to get a few crushers on the shelves ready to go so I can go prospecting maybe next week! Supposed to get in the mid 80's this week, then drop off to the mid 70's the next. Sure hope to spend a day out there but gotta make a harness of sorts to be able to pick up the Impact mill on to the truck as well.
I am Fresh out of Muratic. I need to Refill the Shelfs for the next Test Projects. I looked up Carnotite I dont think thats the Ore So far Zircon is the closest with it's 1" Red Cristals. I gess I should look in to a Giger Counter, would think it would have a Magnetic field or someting to mess with the TV or a Compas or ???
A drop of Distilled water and HCL will make a pinkish ring around the drop on Carnotite, a major ore for Uranium. There are other tests, but this is the simplest. I'm not sure about Thorium though. I like any acid test, as with just a half dozen different chemicals, you can identify most any presence of ores, or the elements they contain.
Thanks for the Recipe CrazyCrusher, But I did NOT use AR I Started with Chlorine for Gold and moved to a Mild Cyanide to remove the Iron , Doing it this way should leave behind all in the Platinum family, Because they Disolve only in AR. Is there anyway to test for Thorium and Uranium I am most afraid to play with them. What do you think about the Acid test ?
Yeah, a long process, but they all can be dropped one at a time, depending on which one you want to drop out of solution first. Filter the solids so you end up with the PT, PD and AU in solution, then buble Sulfur Dioxide in the solution, and the precipitate is gold, with the PT and PD still in solution. Filter it, to get the gold mud out. Then adding Ammonium Chloride to get the Plantinum out, and then sodium Chlorate to get the Palladium out. THEN go to the other stuff. LOL
how do you get all the different stuff to separate out?or is that a long process?
By digesting in AR, the solution will be the Platinum, Palladium and Gold ions, The solids will be Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Osmium and Silver. (and of course, all the other junk.)
Here is a Pic of an acid Test Using Silver Test and Platinum Test .
I Have a Question ? In order for Me to get My Ore to This Point I had to Crush it in a Ball Mill, Then I Panned out most of the Lighter Material. From this point it was not Clean So I did a Cyanide Leach in an Agitater to remove the Irons, Au. My ? is "" How Does the 'Leach' Affect Silver and Platinum, ? it my understanding Pt. can only be leached with AR.
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