I. Tools needed:
Nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, vitriol acid (the concentration of the three acids is not
required. However, to reduce recovery cost, high concentration ones are recommended);
zinc powder (package type: > 100g), a pair of Anti-acid gloves, two beakers (one 5000ml,
the other 2000ml), Asbestos net, Dense gauze (for the sake of filtering, you can use your
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Regarding the Glass stick, you can use a wood stick instead as long as it doesn’t have
All the above items, you can easily find them in your local chemical shop and hardware
store.
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Instructions: In gold refining industry, all the CPU can be divided into two categories according to its material type (check
the two pictures above!):
Contains very little gold. What’s more, they contain iron, which makes the refining much much more difficult. That’s why
almost nobody buy these kinds of CPU in the market.
Hit them one time with a hammer to break the CPU a little bit, since it contains gold in the
heart of it.
First, Use water to clean the CPU scrap and put the clean CPU into the 5000 ml beaker.
Then, put some "diluted nitric acid,"(see description) into the beaker with a lid. Then, wait
until the gold surface and the pins fall down to the bottom of the beaker. (This could take
one day or two, depending on the Thickness of the gold. If you want to speed up, you can
heat it by heating the beaker through the Asbestos net or heat it in a coffee pot, it will take
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Pour out the water in the beaker through the Dense Gauze easy and slowly. You must
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Add water to the beaker and wait patiently till all the gold surface and pins fall to the bottom
(usually takes about 15 minutes). Then, repeat the above process until the solution
Description:
Diluted nitric acid: The mixture of acid and water, the proper proportion is checking by if there is henna
smog coming out. You can start at half and half by volume at first. If there is lots of henna smog coming
out, just add water to it.
If you have used lots of gold scrap, the gold surface finished can be like this following picture:
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gold surface is starting to resolve. Stop dripping immediately and wait until all the gold
surface resolve to the solution. (The more gold surface you have, the more deep yellow
color the solution will be). Add three times volume water to dilute the acid. After that, pour
the solution to another beaker② through a cloth. The cloth must be dense enough to filter
all the organic dirty things, leaving only the yellow Solvent.
4. Metal Replacement.
Add excessive Zinc powder to ② gradually, at the meantime, use your anti-acid stick to
churn up the solution. very soon, the solution will turn to grey and some dark deposition will
accumulated in the bottom of the beaker. Then, stop adding zinc power and wait about 5
minutes to let all the deposition fall down. Pour out the solution. And use the same method
as described at the end of Step 1 to clean the deposition. (The deposition contains gold
and zinc)
(The above step with yellow back ground is very very important. The objective of which is
to drive away all the Nitric acid left in the deposition. If not, the Nitric acid and the
hydrochloric acid can become aqua regia, which can dissolve the gold you will get in the
following step.)
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Add the vitriol to the beaker with the mixture inside of it. Then, heat and boil the solution,
you can find that all the zinc was dissolved, leaving all the dark deposition at the bottom,
which is gold.
(When using the vitriol acid, always be careful as it gives out lots of heat when mixed with
water. So you must do pour it very slowly to the beaker through the beaker wall.)
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I suggest that you do this in your local Jewelry processing shop. Some specialist can help
you melt the dark deposition and get the yellow precious gold.
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Statement: If you met some problem in the process of refining. Please, do stop right away
9. Warning:Some chemicals are dangerous, such as acids. You must deal it with
great care, patience and treat it properly; otherwise, it may hurt you badly. I just
Before you learn this skill, make sure you are above 18 years old, do the refining in
the outdoor place. Keep kids away, always put a pocket of water near you. Never
spill the acid over your body or eyes, it can be very damaging!!!! Additionally, keep
your chemical things in a secret place where nobody can touch it.
FAQ:
1. What is the proper density (%) of the Acids that good for the process? (Nitric
Acid and HCI Acid) I do have Nitric 65% and HCI 35% is this ok?
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2. As you mentioned, In the Step 4. Metal Replacement in the Yelow Background. What
After you get the black deposition at the bottom of your beaker, you need to clean
it for it contains acid inside the powder. So, you can use the clean procedure
mentioned in step 1. "Pour the solution easily and slowly, leaving only the black
powder at the bottom of the beaker. Then, fill water to the beaker again, wait 15
minutes till all the powder dropped down to the beaker again. Repeat this procedure
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