Sciencemadness Discussion Board - What to dissolve Stannic acid with?

What to dissolve Stannic acid with?

Romix - 31-5-2021 at 19:36

What to dissolve Stannic acid with?

zinc finger - 1-6-2021 at 06:32

Either with lye as stannate, large amounts of hot water or with concentrated HCl or HNO3.

njl - 1-6-2021 at 12:31

For me HCl would be best, but it depends on what you want to keep.

j_sum1 - 1-6-2021 at 15:29

And I read "satanic acid". I would guess a little hot brimstone might work.

CharlieA - 1-6-2021 at 16:15

Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1

And I read "satanic acid". I would guess a little hot brimstone might work.

I see that I'm not the only dyslexic one!

DraconicAcid - 1-6-2021 at 16:34

Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1

And I read "satanic acid". I would guess a little hot brimstone might work.

Clearly holy water would be the best solvent......

Romix - 2-6-2021 at 08:59

Quote: Originally posted by zinc finger

Either with lye as stannate, large amounts of hot water or with concentrated HCl or HNO3.

No HNO3 doesn't dissolve it. And there's alot of HNO3 trapped in Stannic acid that's impossible to wash out. Adding HCl dissolves the gold with Stannic acid.

zinc finger - 2-6-2021 at 09:31

I see. So your goal is to leave gold behind and get rid of everything else?
Why don't you use NaOH or KOH and some heat?