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How are gold and silver purified?

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Purifying gold and silver is probably easiest through electrolysis- silver scrap is melted into a bar and immersed into a solution of nitric acid a positive DC voltage supply (cathode) is attached to the bar the anode side or negative side is attached to a stainless steel sheet. Pure silver crystals will grow over several days on the anode. At the end of the process they are flaked off the anode and melted, yield is usually 999. fineness. voltage usually 1.5ma @ 5volt DC

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