wow this is actually very satisfying to watch i mean look at the crystals, das pretty noice and it keeps forming 10/10 would watch again (to relieve stress)

Just acquired two small jars of silver nitrate today, so had to watch how to convert it and this was the best video.👍

Very interesting video :). i have a question is it possible to use this method to refine silver from a film fixation liquid?

Amazing video

Beautiful experiment!.But what happen if we put separately copper in solution, and then,combine with the silver nitrate?

What does the ph need to be? I had a huge yield on my first try and somehow I’m getting worse using mostly the same material. Help!

is good to put urea, in stant copper is that the same please teel me.THANKS

Hi how can calculate the recovery and purity of silver?

help please ok I have one question I have nitric acid and a heated magnetic Stirrer & some silver that I have made all most to dust now I know when I put the silver in the acid it reacts and will deserve now I am to put a copper bar in to the silver nitrate to recover the silver what do I need to do about the copper reacting with the acid all so ? add more silver? neutralize the acid? or? thank you

how many percent you recovered from that amount of silver sir?

Very nice activeti

Good afternoon Sr g plz tell me that will we melt after extract? Plz reply plz Sr g

Can you do this with silver citrate?

how much did silver nitrate cost ???

So roi is 90% estimated right?

Dear Darryl. Thanks for your video. If I use a more concentrated solution of silver nitrate, like 500 gr in 500 ml of destilled water, may I produce the proportional quantity of silver as well? I've read that Silver nitrate has a very high water solubility (2190 gr/l at 20 C), so that means that I could make a more concentrated solution obtaining by that a higher concentrated copper nitrate solution as well. thanks.

@drricket

6 жыл бұрын

Basically, yes.

Bit of sound andsome theory useful!

I want more.

can you tell me where the 2 behind Cu(NO3) comes from? In the describtion there is Cu(NO3)2 + 2 Ag.. so? :D

@levichristman2958

7 жыл бұрын

The 2 comes from the elemental charge of the Copper (II). Cu has a +2 charge while the NO3 has a -1 charge.

Hi, I've been refining my silver using 50/50 nitric/distilled water mix. I need to ask you why your nitrate is clear and why mine is dark blue? The reaction is identical when dropping the silver from the solution, but I'm still left with a bright blue solution and I'm wondering if there's still silver left in there? I've kept the solution after filtering the silver crystals and added copper back to it just to see if any further crystals drop. The copper still mildly reacts but isn't producing more than a few small silver crystals over a day or so. Do you know how or if I can use the solution to try to remove any trapped silver by electrolysis? Just to throw another question at you, but I've also tried this with silver plate and ended up with a murky green solution after dissolving the silver plate in the nitric/water solution. Not sure why it went green, but thinking maybe the presence of nickel under the silverplate. When copper was dropped in to this solution, I got hardly any reaction.. I realise the silver content is low, but I'm wondering if the nickel could be interfering with the reaction? Any suggestions are gratefully received!

@konraddobson

9 жыл бұрын

Paul Liff Seems like there might be other base metals involved. Is it possible you've mistaken silver plating for 900-925 silver? I did some silver plated spoons and the water turned blue/brown, and foamy. Electrolysis can always get the last bits out if you can manage the setup. Havn't done it yet myself.

Wait wait why is your solution crystal clear when most solutions are that pretty blue

After the copper precipitates all the silver. You filter and rinse. Can that be melted with a propane hand torch or does something else need to be done to it before melting?

@drricket

4 жыл бұрын

1,763 degrees F to melt silver, so I don't think a propane torch would do it :) I used a lab oven.

@1hardman161

4 жыл бұрын

@@drricket ok. Propane gets up to 2,000. But Mapp gas gets up to 3,200. So ok use Mapp to be sure. The main thing. Nothing else needs done before melting. See a guy said I can precipitate the silver with salt. But then I was told it doesn't work and it has to be put in the sun before it can be melted. But he didn't say how long, because he said salt doesn't work good. He said copper and melt. So I am checking, I don't want to mess up

I am doing this experiment to show Chem students what the reaction looks like and to figure out what is happening, but when I have done the experiment in the past, the silver that builds up looks almost black. How should I do the experiment different to make it that white/silver color that you got?

@levichristman2958

7 жыл бұрын

Possibly try using deionized water.

Is that real silver

Good sar

Hi, What is the point t of doing this? Hasn’t the solution already dissolved silver in the first place? Or is this copper producing more silver?

@drricket

4 жыл бұрын

I did this to drop the silver out of solution to melt.

Note to the people trying this. Copper nitrate must be disposed of properly. Do NOT pour it down the drain. Nitrate is bad for the environment and human health.

Is the copper actually dissolving in the agno3?

@drricket

6 жыл бұрын

DevilsDesign yup. It swaps job with the silver nitrate, becoming copper nitrate eventually

Silver nitrate ? 1% - 0.1m - what kind

Interesting video. How much silver have you made this way? It is worth the cost for making $42 worth of silver?

@drricket

9 жыл бұрын

I happen to have over a pound of silver nitrate, so I got about half a pound, about $200 worth. but otherwise, probably not cost-effective

@JigneshPatel-di4ct

5 жыл бұрын

@@drricket sir, You dissolved agno3 crystals in distilled water or any thing else?

@drricket

5 жыл бұрын

just distilled water.

sir can this reaction will take palace on silvernitrate LR,or other industiral grade silver nitrate pls share information

@drricket

8 жыл бұрын

I don't see why not. I used lab grade silver nitrate. If you have impurities, they should stay in suspension. I'm not a chemist, so I'm not familiar with what industrial grade silver nitrate is composed of.

Thanks for this video, why can I buy the silver nitrate?

@drricket

5 жыл бұрын

Silver nitrate is used in a variety of industries, notably in photographic development. Chemical supply houses.

hey man, thanks for video, i just made some silver nitrate for use in photography, (wet plate) i just dissolved silver in nitric acid. i think i need to clean acid off. i am not sure how best to clean silver nitrate. i dissolve in water for us in photography. so i am not sure how i would clean using water, i know its abit off topic, but i would love some help, so i can get making poto's. thanks Andrew

@andrewnichols8169

8 жыл бұрын

***** no not late, i tried to slowly evaporate water, but kept forgetting and burning silver, i have left it for now but if you know how to do it i will be a very keen disciple :) ! Thank you,

Hi my silver is mixed up with some dust from copper, how can i separate them and obtain pure silver?

@brochclintonExtract_platinum

8 жыл бұрын

+Dee Channel you would have to dissolve the silver again and filter out the copper and then precipitation again or you can smelt it

@brochclintonExtract_platinum

8 жыл бұрын

No hcl cant dissolve coppee but will silver

hey hi , just tell me do we get silver from silver nitrate itself no! is it profitable ? plz reply

@adik3525

Жыл бұрын

Yes... We get silver from silver nitrate by using a Copper rod...

thank you sir for ur help may allah bless u

@drricket

8 жыл бұрын

Your welcome :)

Where did you get the copper pipe?

@drricket

2 жыл бұрын

Any plain copper pipe, this was discarded plumbing pipe.

How long do you let the copper set in the SN in order to achieve the 82 grams?

@drricket

10 жыл бұрын

It sat for about 48 hours, or until it no longer reacted. I filtered off the silver and reinserted a fresh bar, with no reaction. Your left with a deep blue solution of copper nitrate which should be mostly free of silver.

@travismead7663

10 жыл бұрын

Darryl Ricketts so basically 130.5 grams/ml of Silver Nitrate yielded 82.87 grams of 98%-99% pure silver?

@travismead7663

10 жыл бұрын

Darryl Ricketts also did you use Silver Nitrate, 0.1N (0.1M)?

@drricket

10 жыл бұрын

Travis Mead yes.

@omkronxx

10 жыл бұрын

Travis Mead If he used the mass and volume stated above, he used a 1.53 Molar concentration.

dear sir , i am facing one big issue . my company having around 1000 ltr of silver nitrate in unknown concentration . please let me know how can i estimate the amount of silver in that solution

@drricket

8 жыл бұрын

I have no idea, other than to evaporate the water content, leaving the silver nitrate. The above method should work however, regardless of the concentration

What liquid is this?

@drricket

6 жыл бұрын

silver nitrate dissolved in distilled water

Isn't copper nitrate used to make fireworks burn blue?

@IVXXVIIMM

8 жыл бұрын

Copper (ii) chloride I think they use. But I imagine copper nitrate would also work

Cu+2AgNO3=Cu(NO3)2+2Ag..this is amazing isn't it?🙂

@anjuchauhan1348

6 жыл бұрын

absolutely amazing

Do you lose about as much copper from the pipe as silver you produce?

@drricket

9 жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly the same amount. The copper and silver ions exchange at a one to one ratio

what Molar of Silver Nitrate did you use????

@drricket

10 жыл бұрын

Travis, I have no idea, I didn't do the calculations, but used the proportions listed instead. The molar mass of silver nitrate is 169.87 g/mol, so I used 130.5/169.87 moles of silver. divide that by .5L to get the molar concentration.

@travismead7663

10 жыл бұрын

Darryl Ricketts Ty for the time and information Great video!

@csabi72

10 жыл бұрын

Darryl Ricketts how do I remove all the gumpi residue that the copper left? its mixed with the silver powder on the bottom...

@drricket

10 жыл бұрын

Csaba Farkas there shouldn't be any copper residue left, unless it fell off as a precipitant. I simply wash the silver crystals and melt as is. To get a higher purity, the silver must now go through a electrolysis procedure

@csabi72

10 жыл бұрын

Darryl Ricketts thanks

this is no production this is refining

130,5g is alot of money :D

Where do you get silver nitrate from?

@drricket

8 жыл бұрын

mine was from a photography lab..

@tankkiler308

8 жыл бұрын

+Darryl Ricketts did they just give you the left over from the photo processes or did you have to buy it from them

@drricket

8 жыл бұрын

tankkiller308 in my case, it was a lab closure at a major university, and I was in charge of disposal of the chemicals :-) unfortunately, there's no easy way of getting your hands on silver nitrate WITHOUT simply purchasing it

@tankkiler308

8 жыл бұрын

+Darryl Ricketts ya and buying it you won't get near your money back

@robs9574

7 жыл бұрын

Mine it

This is a 1:1 relationship between copper lost and silver in the solution.

@endothermicexothermic4051

4 жыл бұрын

Isnt it 2Ag+ + Cu→2Ag + Cu2+?

Sure. Youd get the same reaction no matter how much silver nitrate you used.. I simply saturated the solution.

@csabi72

10 жыл бұрын

how do I make the silver nitrate solution clean looking? like water?

@ade8890

9 жыл бұрын

Csaba Farkas Very low concentration

@nyxortheultimate9364

8 жыл бұрын

+Darryl Ricketts Is this caused by supersaturating the silver nitrate solution or something completely different?

what the hell is wrong with camera

That's about $2-$3 worth of silver from what you've obtained.

@drricket

8 жыл бұрын

+Melvin Neifert no, actually, in 5 runs I reclaimed approximately $300 worth of silver. Almost 15 oz.

silver nitrate never looks as clean as water... it will always have blueis color .

now i know how to destroy my friends penny from 1934

@tommasopetrella4856

9 жыл бұрын

Canadian penny from 1925 is worth the most, only a million or so produced, may be less.

@topazzius6822

6 жыл бұрын

Actually the really rare penny is from 1943, when the US mint stopped production of copper pennies in place of steel ones because of redirecting the use of copper into bullets for WWII, so the 1943 pennies made of copper are insanely rare as they were only a few million or so made.

Very good way to make money? :D

@xuNsh1ne

8 жыл бұрын

+Lego Scape (Legoscape) He's not an alchemist... The silver is contained in the silver nitrate and silver nitrate is expensive

Dear sir, if you are still around here I have a question for you about silver nitrate, please give me your email address or directly contact with replying me. Thank you.