autumnwilow
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Production of nickel, copper and silver as potassium cyanide
I have successfully produced very pure PGC by electrochemical preparation by using 40gpl of KCN as both the anode and cathode solution.
The anode was a 24k pure gold foil, the cathode was a 304 Stainless steel inside a porous cup. Voltage was around 12v.
Upon anode disintegration, the anode solution was boiled down to 25% volume, as the solution cools very white PGC precipitated. Washed with very cold
water three times and was vacuum dried.
Now I wonder if the same procedure will work for Nickel, Copper and Silver? As their potassium cyanide salt form is not readily available in my
country I have to prepare them myself.
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PHILOU Zrealone
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PGC? Potassium Gold cyanide?
PH Z (PHILOU Zrealone)
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autumnwilow
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Yes, exactly.
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Silver I think yes. I don't know about the others.
Neither flask nor beaker.
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K2[Ni(CN)4] is easily made by reaction of KCN with nickel cyanide (itself easily made by reaction of any soluble nickel salt with two equivalents of
potassium cyanide).
Please remember: "Filtrate" is not a verb.
Write up your lab reports the way your instructor wants them, not the way your ex-instructor wants them.
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