999 Fine Silver Cell Harvest and Reboot
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the creator demonstrates the silver cell operation process, detailing the 13-day journey of extracting high-purity silver crystals from an anode bowl. They explain the role of the anode filter basket in trapping impurities, leaving behind 'silver cell slimes' rich in Platinum Group Metals and gold. The video showcases the setup, including a safety fuse to prevent short-circuiting, and the process of harvesting silver. It also covers the preparation of additional electrolyte by dissolving pure silver crystals and nitric acid, and the steps to ensure the purity of the harvested silver, including multiple rinses and a test for residual electrolyte.
Takeaways
- 🌟 The video documents day 13 of a silver cell operation, resulting in approximately 1.5 kilos of high-purity silver.
- 🔍 An anode filter basket is used to separate impurities, leaving behind 'silver cell slimes' which can be recovered for Platinum Group Metals and gold.
- 🔌 A fuse is installed to prevent short-circuiting if the growing silver crystal contacts the anode basket.
- 📉 The current flow through the cell decreases as impurities accumulate in the anode filter.
- 🔋 The process involves dissolving impure silver from gold refining into granules, which are then used as feedstock in the silver cell.
- ⚙️ An electrode bar, made of pure silver with a copper wire, is connected to the power supply to dissolve the silver and allow silver ions to travel through the electrolyte.
- 💧 The electrolyte, initially containing 600 grams of pure silver dissolved in nitric acid, becomes depleted as the cell operates.
- 🔄 The electrolyte is reused for a second refining process after additional pure silver is added to replenish the depleted silver ions.
- 💦 The harvested silver crystals are thoroughly rinsed with distilled water to remove any remaining electrolyte.
- 🔬 A test with hydrochloric acid confirms that all electrolyte has been rinsed off the silver, as no silver chloride forms.
- 📈 The video concludes with the setup for a second run of the silver cell operation, demonstrating the process of reusing the electrolyte and starting a new batch.
Q & A
What is the purpose of the silver cell operation described in the script?
-The purpose of the silver cell operation is to refine and harvest high purity silver from impure silver sources, such as that obtained from gold refining.
How long does it take to grow approximately 1.5 kilos of pure silver crystal?
-It takes about 13 days to grow approximately 1.5 kilos of pure silver crystal in the described process.
What is the role of the anode filter basket in the silver cell operation?
-The anode filter basket holds a Dacron cloth filter that catches impurities as the electric current dissolves the silver. These impurities, known as silver cell slimes, can be later recovered for precious metals like platinum group metals and gold.
Why is a fuse installed in the silver cell operation?
-A fuse is installed to prevent a short circuit if the growing silver crystal inside the cell makes contact with the anode basket. This would otherwise release impurities into the cell and ruin the batch of silver.
How does the current flow affect the silver cell operation?
-The current flow dissolves the impure silver, allowing silver ions to travel through the anode filter into the electrolyte, where they plate out as pure elemental silver. As the slimes build up, they interfere with the current flow, causing it to drop.
What is the composition of the electrolyte used in the silver cell operation?
-The electrolyte is composed of silver nitrate dissolved in distilled water, which acts as a conductive medium for the silver ions to plate out as pure silver.
Why does the solution turn blue during the silver cell operation?
-The solution turns blue because copper from the electrode bar dissolves into the electrolyte, indicating that the silver and copper ions are being transferred through the anode filter into the electrolyte.
How is the purity of the harvested silver ensured?
-The purity of the harvested silver is ensured by the use of a Dacron filter that traps impurities, allowing only pure silver ions to plate out in the cathode. Additionally, the electrolyte is rinsed off the silver multiple times to remove any residual silver nitrate.
What is the significance of the copper concentration in the cell?
-The copper concentration must be kept below 60 grams per liter to prevent it from plating out with the silver. If the concentration is too high, it can contaminate the silver harvest.
How is the electrolyte prepared for a second use in the silver cell operation?
-For a second use, additional pure silver is dissolved in nitric acid and distilled water to create a new solution, which is then added to the existing electrolyte to augment it for another refining cycle.
What is the final step to ensure the purity of the silver after harvesting?
-The final step to ensure the purity of the silver is to rinse it multiple times with distilled water, both cold and boiling, and then test a small sample with hydrochloric acid to check for any remaining silver nitrate, indicated by the absence of silver chloride formation.
Outlines
🔬 Silver Electrolysis Process
The script describes day 13 of a silver cell operation where the anode bowl is full of high-purity silver crystals. The process involves dissolving silver in an electric current, leaving impurities behind in the anode filter basket. A fuse is installed to prevent short-circuiting if the growing silver crystal contacts the anode basket. The current flow through the cell drops as impurities accumulate, indicating the need to harvest the silver. The process also involves adding pure silver to the impure silver as a feedstock, with the pure silver electrode bar connected to the power supply. The silver ions travel through the anode filter and plate out in the stainless steel bowl as pure elemental silver.
🧪 Preparing for Silver Electrolysis
The script explains the preparation of electrolyte for the silver cell operation. It involves dissolving 600 grams of pure silver in nitric acid, which is then depleted as the cell operates. To reuse the electrolyte, additional pure silver is added to replenish the depleted silver. The process of dissolving the silver in nitric acid is described, along with the steps to ensure all available free nitric acid is consumed. The anode electrode bar is then removed, and the power supply is turned off to prepare for harvesting the pure silver.
💧 Rinsing and Drying Silver Crystals
The script details the process of pouring off the electrolyte for reuse and harvesting the pure silver crystals. The crystals are scraped off the bowl and transferred for rinsing to remove any remaining electrolyte. Rinsing is done multiple times with both cold and boiling distilled water. A test is conducted with hydrochloric acid to ensure all electrolyte is removed. The silver is then dried off by placing it on low heat.
🔄 Reusing Electrolyte and Restarting the Cell
The script outlines the steps for reusing the filtered electrolyte and restarting the silver cell operation. Fresh anode basket and electrode bar are prepared, and the electrolyte is added to a new stainless steel bowl. The cell is charged, and the process begins anew, with the formation of pure silver crystals visible within 30 minutes. The harvested silver is weighed, yielding 1.3 kilograms of pure silver crystals, concluding the video.
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Keywords
💡silver cell
💡anode
💡cathode
💡Dacron cloth filter
💡electrolyte
💡impurities
💡current flow
💡silver crystal
💡refining
💡nitric acid
💡hydrochloric acid test
Highlights
Day 13 of the silver cell operation, resulting in high purity silver crystal.
Anode bowl is full of pure silver crystal, estimated to be 1.5 kilos.
Silver is dissolved by electric current, leaving impurities as silver cell slimes behind a Dacron cloth filter.
Anode filter slimes can be recovered to extract Platinum Group Metals and gold.
Installing a fuse to prevent short circuit if silver crystal contacts the anode basket.
Current flow drops as slimes build up in the anode filter, affecting the cell's operation.
Description of how the silver cell works, including the role of impure silver and electrode bars.
Silver ions travel through the anode filter and plate out as pure elemental silver in the cathode.
Electrolyte becomes depleted as the cell operates, requiring additional pure silver to be added.
Preparation of additional electrolyte by dissolving pure silver crystal in nitric acid.
Anode electrode bar is removed, and the power supply is turned off to prepare for harvesting.
Electrolyte is poured off and saved for a second use in the silver cell.
Pure silver crystal is revealed and scraped off the side of the bowl.
Rinsing the silver crystal with distilled water to remove any remaining electrolyte.
Testing the purity of the silver crystal using hydrochloric acid to check for silver chloride formation.
Drying the pure silver crystal on low heat to remove moisture.
Filtering the electrolyte and preparing it for a second refining run in the silver cell.
Rebooting the silver cell with a fresh anode basket and electrode bar.
Observing the formation of pure silver crystal within 30 minutes of the cell's operation.
Weighing the harvested pure silver crystal, yielding approximately 1.3 kilos.
Transcripts
welcome back to my channel everyone
sweet tips here and today is day 13 of
the silver cell
operation and if you look down in
there the anode bowl is full of pure
silver crystal that's high Purity silver
39's fine or better
probably uh 1.5 kilos or so I grew it in
about 13
days what we're going to do is we're
going to harvest the silver out of here
but I want to talk a little bit about
this first before we do that if you look
down in our anode filter basket you'll
see that the uh silver that I feed in
here gets
dissolved by the electric current that
flows in
there and what gets left behind there's
a Dacron cloth filter in there and what
gets left behind is silver cell slimes
and what that is is that's just
like
goop uh like mush down in there the
impurities in this silver as the current
flow travels through the
uh cell the current flow dissolves this
silver and then the impurities get left
down in the bottom of this anode filter
and I can uh save those that's going to
be Platinum Group Metals maybe a little
bit of gold some other junk in there but
I can save that uh anode filter and
those slimes and do a recovery on those
slimes to get the gold and the Platinum
Group Metals out of there I've still got
the cell run running right now and we'll
continue to let this
run and while we're getting set up to
harvest the pure silver out of the cell
if you look up here you'll notice that
I've got a fuse
installed I do that on the last several
days of the silver cell operation this
is an inline automotive type 3 amp fuse
and that's there in case
the pure silver Crystal down inside the
silver cell you can see it grows and it
grows towards the anoe basket down there
if that Crystal makes contact with the
anode basket it'll short it out and burn
a hole in that filter bag and then all
the impurities will be released down
into the silver cell and ruin the batch
of silver here you can see the uh amps
have dropped dropped off when I first
started the cell it was up over 1 and
1/2 amps of current flow through the
cell and what happens is as those slimes
built up in the anode filter anode
basket there it interferes with the
current flow through the cell and it
causes the current flow to drop
off here's a little information about
how this cell works this is impure
silver that comes from my gold refining
I recover the silver from my gold
refining melt it into these granules and
I use this as a feed
stock in my silver cell anode basket I
have an electrode bar which is a bar of
pure silver with a copper wire cast into
it and I connect that to the power
supply and set that on top of the impure
silver that's in that filter basket the
current flow dissolves the
silver and then the silver ions travel
through the anode filter
itself and uh the copper does too the
the copper gets dissolved as well and
that's why the solution turns blue in
here but you can see the anode basket is
in contact with the silver nitrate
electrolyte and the silver ions and the
copper they travel down into the
electrolyte there uh the electrolyte is
conductive so it completes a circuit
between the uh electrode bar which is
positively
charged and the cathode which is the
stainless steel bowl and the silver
travels through the electrolyte and then
plates out in there as absolutely pure
Elemental silver metal now what happens
is uh as the cell operates I had 600 gam
of pure silver dissolved in nitric acid
in 3.5 L of liquid that's what the
electrolyte is there was 600 gram in
there when I started there's probably
only about 400 gam left in that
electrolyte because this electrolyte
becomes depleted as the cell operates it
plates out on the inside of the cathode
there as High Purity silver the
impurities get trapped in the
filter and the silver ions and the
copper travel down into the silver cell
the silver plates out but the copper
does not as long as that copper is kept
below 60 gam per liter concentration in
the cell then the copper will not plate
out with the silver but if it gets high
enough it will start to Plate out with
that silver and then you can see I've
got a connection here for the cathode
and that wire goes all the way up and
connects to the negative side of the
power
supply I'm going to use the electrolyte
in that silver cell a second time but as
I stated
earlier some of the silver has been
depleted out of that electrolyte so what
I need to
do is prepare some
additional electrolyte I'm going to use
about 200 g of pure
silver I see that number down
there all right now we're going to add
about 200 g of pure silver Crystal from
a
previous silver cell Harvest just going
to add it right in
here
all right that's about
230 gram of pure silver now what we'll
do is get our
silver and add
some distilled water to
it going to add about 300 milliliters or
so
I've got some nitric acid back
here this is just under 200
millit probably 190 something like that
I'm going to add this right on
in and you'll see the silver will
instantly begin to
dissolve and we'll cover this up
now and we're going to put this up on
the
heat and slowly
dissolve this pure silver Crystal and
then we'll use that to
augment the second use of our
electrolyte in the silver
cell
I can tell when all the available free
Nitric has been consumed by this
reaction because there's a little bit of
silver left in the
beaker all the fumes are gone and I got
the solution at a boil so now it's safe
to conclude that I've got all of the
available free Nitric using used up in
this reaction pull the anode electrode
bar out we're going to kill the power
supply now we'll do the same thing with
the negative
side now we'll take the anoid basket and
get it out of the way just lift it right
on up and put it in this
container and then I just set it aside
side for now let's cover this up so
nothing falls down in there and I've got
a uh a wrench
here will drop the cathode
connection cathode connection just a
hose clamp with a uh copper strap that's
got our toggle bolt in
it now let's pull this cover
off and
reveal the pure silver
Crystal down in our silver cell look at
that now let's
uh pour
off the electrolyte as I stated earlier
we're going to be using this
electrolyte a second time so what want
to
do see if I can get that on the camera
just pour it into this 5 L
Beaker and I'm going to save it cuz I'm
going to use it for the second run of
the silver
cell and there's our
beautiful pure silver
Crystal
about
1.5
kilos now we're going to scrape the
crystals down off the side of the
bowl
now we're going to transfer the pure
silver
into the
speaker there's a nice looking
Crystal highly unusual shape to
it now what we'll do is start
rinsing the electrolyte off of the
silver this is a bucket full of cement
silver it's got some copper in it and
we'll pour off the rinses that we're
about to do using distilled
water just throw some distilled water in
here and try to get the rest of this uh
electrolyte rinsed off of our Pure
so
I've rinsed it about four times with
cold distilled water I've got some
boiling distilled water here now and
we'll use this to do a few more
rinses
right this is the
seventh
rinse maybe eight I think I can't
remember but I know from experience it
takes
about six of these rinses to get all the
electrolyte off so we should have it all
off here but we're going to test this
now got a little Beaker I'm going to get
a little bit
of in this
speaker and now we're going to add some
hydrochloric acid to this and if we've
got any silver or silver nitrate left in
here we'll see a cloud of silver
chloride
forming as we pour this hydrochloric
acid
in and I don't
see one trace of silver chloride so it's
fairly safe to conclude that we've
got all of the electrolyte r rined
off of our pure silver Crystal now it's
hot boiling water I'm going to move this
out of the way
now and we're going to bring up a
dish and what we'll
do is add the pure silver Crystal to
this
dish now we'll take this all over and
set them on on some low heat and dry
this
off well we've got that silver drying
what I'll do is filter our electrolyte
and get it
ready to reboot the silver
cell I've said it twice already I'm
using the same electrolyte for a second
refining
I'm adding the uh silver nitrate
solution that we just prepared it's got
about 200 g of pure silver in it and
we're going to go ahead and pour this
through the filter
now I've got all the electrolyte pulled
through the filter now what we'll do is
take it over here to a fresh stainless
steel bowl we're going to add the
electrolyte to this stainless Bolt the
stainless bowl is the cathode for the
silver cell we're going to fill it up
with electrolyte to about within a half
an inch or so of the rim of the bowl
I've got a little left over and I'll
save that and we'll augment the uh
electrolyte as the cell operates with
that extra that I have left over now
we're going to charge up uh a fresh
anode basket that's a Dacron vacuum
cleaner filter bag that I use as a
filter going to install this now on top
of the cell which
submerged down in the
electrolyte and we'll
install our ano Electro
bar now we've got everything uh
assembled all fresh stuff put back
together going to enter the
cell and you see we got up over 2 amps
of current
flow the cell has been in operation for
about 30 minutes
now and if you look down in
here you can
see after 30
minutes that we're starting to form pure
silver crystal in there
already see those crystals growing on
the inside of that stainless steel
cathode Bowl
that's after about a half an
hour I think our pure silver crystal is
dried off now I've got a
cold stainless steel
spoon I just kind
of run it around in here there's still
steam coming off here that will condense
on this
spoon and I don't see any of that so
it's a safe bet that we've got all of
the uh moisture driven off out of our
pure silver Crystal now all right let's
get some
weight on our Harvest
here that's on
grams that's 2,200 Gams going to zero
this
out okay let's go ahead and add our
silver from this
Harvest see what kind of yield we're
going to get
here
all
right looks like we got
1.3
kilos of pure silver Crystal from that
Harvest and we'll take it okay this will
conclude the video I'd like to thank
everyone for
watching
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