Has anyone here used a silver oxide/Al mixture. i can guess that it is highly sensitive, so i would like to know more aboutt it before i make it.violet sin - 29-9-2013 at 18:28
this came up as the first answer. took almost no effort at all. so don't take this as angry attack but a tip for the future.
common practice here might be to
1) make an appropriate title. seeing as how you are posing a question and have no info maybe put in a more descriptive heading "any one have
experience with XXXX?"
2) try to come up with more than a one line question. in a clear concise manner a) here is what I have done.b) this is what I hope to accomplish,c)
I have been reading these XXX, YYY, ZZZ, and it got me to thinking WWWW.d) does any one have any input?
maybe even throw a few equations or reactions up for clarity.
3) sign off perhaps with a direction you intend the info to lead.
that would be a fair investment of your time to persuade others to even bother chiming in. members such as I, like to read up on many things others
do, and don't mind doing a little poking around if it is interesting. fun to learn things I wasn't into or knew about earlier.
start with the link I found and maybe post some interesting links you find with a little more effort. I would be glad to read up more on silver.
-Violet Sin-AndersHoveland - 29-9-2013 at 18:29
ii did not meen to offend, i have already researched it but i wanted practical advice from people who have dealt with it. it only plan to make a gram
of it to satisfy my curiosity.Dany - 30-9-2013 at 03:29
This is a study published in combustion and flame journal. It deal with a thermite mixture of nano Ag2O and nano Al.
sorry but my computer(well actual a 2007 kindle( can't accept the download (it sucks). but thanks anyway.
i am going to use the thermite in a tall walled container then treat it with HCl to get little silver nuggets.argyrium - 30-9-2013 at 09:03
bismuthate,
you will be very disappointed if your intent is to dissolve the Ag from the products of an aluminothermic rxn.
Use of HCl will form a tenacious layer of AgCl over anything you end up with.
What are you trying to achieve/do with this idea?
bismuthate - 30-9-2013 at 11:22
no. i plan to add hcl to remove th aluminum oxide and recover the silver then clean and display the shiny nuggets that i belive will form.Metacelsus - 30-9-2013 at 12:13
If you want to get silver from the oxide, why not just heat it? It decomposes at 280 C, which is easily reachable with an alcohol burner or hotplate.
i want small nuggets not powder, i already have some powder which i cant melt.phlogiston - 30-9-2013 at 13:26
You can use electrochemical means to produce shiny metal, if that is what you are after.
However, it doesn't take that much to melt silver. I got small amounts (20 grams or so) to melt with a cheap butane torch.bismuthate - 30-9-2013 at 13:33
i"m not allowed to use o torch and i don't own one.
doesn't electrochemistriy make crystals because i want a small round piece of silver to display.
