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AgNO3
Do you have any idea from where I can get some? Consider that I'm in Europe and I'm 16 years old. Any ideas pls except racking from
school.Thanks
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Do you have any nitric acid on hand? Then you could easily react silver form a jewelery with nitric acid to form silver nitrate. That's
definetely the most easy, and probably the only way to get hold of silver nitrate. Buying it from a supplier is a no, no - costs an arm and a leg to
buy only a small quantity of it, as much as 5g reagent grade might cost an approx 11.00 Euros where I live.
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I always made my AgNO3 from silver and nitric acid. It takes quite a while to dissolve though (up to several days, depending on the form of your
silver- if it has a large surface, it reacts faster), and you have to boil it. Use about 15- 25ml of 65% HNO3 for 8g silver. When all silver has
dissolved, you have to boil it down in a big beaker. This liberates all the excess HNO3 as vapor, so do it OUTSIDE. Always stir the cristalline mass
with a glass rod, and when it stops fuming and doesn't stick to the glass anymore, it is dry. Store it in a brown glass bottle.
Purchase the silver as "Feinsilber" from a jeweler and don't use something that seems to be made from silver! Nearly all silver in
jewelery and cutlery is an alloy with copper.
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thalium
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thanks..I have been thinking about the nitric acid thing and I'll try it (when I'll find some-next chem class that is)
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Thalium, I posted here a description of my experience obtaining silve nitrate from acid and scrap silver some time ago, do a search.
I think you can also obtain a mixed solution of silver nitrate and sodium nitrate doing electrolisys using a parted cell, silver anode and sodium
nitrate solution as electrolyte.
Edit: Does the last paragraph make any sense to you?
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What last paragraph? The german thing? I don't know german ... i knew about
2HNO3 + 2Ag ---> 2AgNO3 + H2 but I guess I was just too lazy to do it)
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| Quote: | Originally posted by thalium
What last paragraph? The german thing? |
No, sorry, I mean this: "electrolisys using a parted cell, silver anode and sodium nitrate solution as electrolyte".
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Well, it doesn't make much sense to me, but i'll try to figure it out
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I suggest Bromic acid's e-book here.
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You mean electrolysis in a partitioned cell with a silver anode and NaNO3 solution as electrolyte.
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this is what i was thinking about too...
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2HNO3 + 2Ag ---> 2AgNO3 + H2
This is wrong....
Take a look at redoxpotentials to know why...
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I just ballanced it.... I'll learn redoxpotentials next week... damn
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mossy silver
I wanted to make some silver nitrate (AgNO3) from some silver coin-like mintings (0.999+ pure). Following the method of Ammen in his book
Recovery and Refining of Precious Metals I first melted down the mintings (1.5 troy oz) in my muffle furnace. I then dribbled this into a
5-gal bucket filled with cold water to produce mossy silver. Attached is a picture of the product:
[Edited on 12-1-2006 by Magpie]
[Edited on 30-1-2007 by chemoleo]
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Silver Nitrate
Thalium, nitric acid may be harder to obtain than silver nitrate depending on where
you live. If you do go the route of buying a small amount then I suggest a photographer's
supply shop. Prices may be cheaper than a chemical company. From the prices I've
seen it's not cheap in any case.
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Can I use 10% to 20% HNO3 to make AgNO3 or do I need a higher concentration?
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Low concentrations are fine as long as the acid is hot. I made my silver nitrate from 13% junk I had lying around.
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