Marshall, I do not understand why you care about total silver. When Frank Key 
and Stephen Quintro tested the same batch of my product they both came up with 
about 99.4% ionic. So why screw around with a hazardous disgeting process.
   
  As point in history the fumes from the nitric acid are vicious and I had to 
work out doors to as not to rust my tools, aqnd wear a chromic acid mist mask.
   
  About 1998 or 1999 Bruce Marx bought Hack's equipment for the process and it 
wouldn't work. Their Tech could not make it work so they took the equipment 
back.
  

"Ole Bob"