Meakanesis - 18-3-2013 at 10:32
Hey, my first thread opening.
I'm interested in the process of mercury amalgamation with aluminum.
I'm assuming we all know what it does and why, I'm assuming we all know a wide range of salts can be used.
For this thread however I want to concentrate on a specific method I have stumbled upon both on this forum a long time ago and i want to clear up my
confusion.
I've seen it suggested that elemental mercury mixed with iodine tincture ( a mixture of KI/I2) would produce a solution capable of amalgamating
aluminium. I'm personally unsure if this would produce nesslers reagent/ mercuric iodide in suspension or something completely different and i can't
find the method as i recall it being mixed into a thread on i believe amphetamine synthesis (badly concealed of course) and the member of this site
said not to make phenylacetone and start small by making this magic iodine/potassium mercury solution.
It was a very basic method that was nearly as simple as A) add mercury B) wait C) remove excess mercury. and i wish at the time i had any interest
in understanding al/hg reductions.
If we could and i know palverone has some knowledge on this but is not answering a u2u, iron-dine out this method and make aluminium amalgam a
straight forward procedure without producing vast pollutants and toxic fumes (hg(II)cl synth) I think that would be great.
On a side note: surely nesslers reagent would sufficiently amalgamate aluminium? or am i missing something there?
Also sorry if there's any nomenclature mistakes