Author Topic: Help me Indentify this metal  (Read 14334 times)

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Junglist0

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Help me Indentify this metal
« on: August 07, 2004, 10:39:00 AM »
Ok not sure if this is the right place to post(hope so). I've been searching the net all over trying to figure out what this metal is that i have.

Usually i dissolve gold plated metals in nitric acid to dissolve whatever base metal is underneath so i can retrieve the gold flakes that stay solid in the solution,
 then dissolve the gold in aqua-regia for later refining. but i've come across a metal that WILL dissolve in aqua-regia, but not in nitric acid alone. when left to soak in the nitric acid it will turn pink..

Anyway i'm hoping someone will remember a metal that will not dissolve in nitric acid and then turns pink.. but will dissolve in aqua-regia.

Thanks for any help

Drug_Phreak

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Copper contamination??? :-o
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2004, 10:56:00 AM »
Copper contamination???  :-[


UncleFester

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mystery metal
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2004, 04:18:00 AM »
copper would just dissolve away....maybe titanium

UncleFester

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mystery metal
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2004, 04:36:00 AM »
or tungsten...or a good quality stainless steel...

fnord

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pl
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2004, 01:13:00 PM »
could it be Paladium?


methyl_ethyl

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Pl?
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2004, 03:36:00 PM »
pl?, could it be Paladium?, fume hoods are for girly men.

Perhaps it's time to invest in a fume hood  ;)