Johnduda1
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Is there a simple to test a rock for silver using chemicals
Yes there is, acting nitric acid followed by potassium bichromate solution will give tomato red color. Google for Schwerter's solutionIs there a simple to test a rock for silver using chemicals
In theory, i guess yes, but to plug a hole to hold back hot pressurized lye, strong enought to shatter an ore body is not the safest method i can think of. Blasting with dynamite may be way safer.Can someone tell me if this works and how?
Does lime stone contain lye?In theory, i guess yes, but to plug a hole to hold back hot pressurized lye, strong enought to shatter an ore body is not the safest method i can think of. Blasting with dynamite may be way safer.
We don't taste our chemical anymore these days. Times have changed. Not always for the better, but in this case I think NO!! Don't try it.
I works with expansion and pressure. Like freezing water in a crack in a rock to split it.
How it works: Adding water to lye heats it up. Hot things expand. Pressure breaks rock. Lye may also dissilve some ores or rock types.
Water does so just under freezing point.
There is expanding stuff out there to break rocks open, without a need to seal the hole.
Thank you!!Try looking here:
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/quick-qualitative-testing-of-rocks-and-ore.10932/
Everything you will ever need to know about testing ore/rocks for anything.
Wow! I completely read that wrong.. no calcium carbonate is not NaOH. Sorry for the mixup.Does lime stone contain lye?
Your thread started with how to test for Silver, Then jumped to does this work and how? Hopefully you have the field test down for Ag.Can someone tell me if this works and how?
Calcium carbonate is CaCO3.What you are starting with is the chemical composition of CaO3 (calcium carbonate ).
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