An interesting thing is that the metals which have been mingled with gold will separate when the mixture is boiled and will eventually flash off, leaving the pure gold behind. It takes some time however. That's why antimony was used by the old time miners; it really speeded up the separation and flashing off of the other metals. Gold just won't be touched by fire. In effect, it is just about indestructible.
Trem ----- Original Message ----- From: Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 10:50 AM Subject: Re: CS>Unidentified subject! > My CRC handbook lists KCN, potassium cyanide as also dissolving gold. That > is a new one on me. But to say that is all that gold will dissolve in is > not quite accurate, this is only accurate at certain temperatures. Gold, > copper and silver dissolve in each other once the temperature is high enough > for one of them to melt. That is how alloys of these metals are formed. > Almost always the alloy has a melting point lower than any of the > components. But in terms of aquous solutions that gold dissolves in, then > it is pretty well just aqua regia and KCN. > > I am still trying to figure this amalgam thing out. > > Marshall > > Sam Earle wrote: > > > Gold may readily combine with mercury, as does silver, but the only > > substance known to Man that will dissolve gold is aqua regia. > > > > Sam > > > > > i think that it does. that's why miners use mercry to seperate gold > > > from sand and crushed ore. > > > > > > Dennis > > > > > > 51/50 > > > 24/7 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > >
