HOW TO CALCULATE THE AMOUNT OF NITRIC ACID

NEEDED FOR YOUR SILVER CELL

It takes 1.2 ml of 67-70% nitric acid to dissolve 1 gram of pure silver.

It takes 1.45 ml of 67-70% nitric acid to dissolve 1 gram of sterling silver.
It takes 1.53ml of 67-70% nitric acid to dissolve 1 gram of coin silver.
It takes 4.15 ml of 67-70% nitric acid to dissolve 1 gram of pure copper.

HOW TO CALCULATE THE AMOUNT OF NITRIC ACID

NEEDED FOR YOUR STERLING SILVER

Example: I have 2148 grams of sterling silver I want to process.

2148 grams X 1.45 ml of nitric acid = 3114.6 ml of nitric acid and to that you will add
3114.6 ml of distilled water.

How to figure any kind of silver and the amount of nitric needed.

Let say we have something that we know is 40% silver. Then that means the rest is
either copper or some other base metal. Say you material weighs 100 grams. We know
that the silver content of the item at 40% silver should be 40grams of silver and 60
grams of the other base metals. So looking at the chart above for nitric acid consumption
we can figure: 40 grams of pure silver X 1.2 ml per gram = 48 ml of nitric for the silver portion.

For the base metals we figure 60 grams base metal (Copper) X 4.15 ml = 249 ml nitric.

So to refine this 100 grams of 40% silver we would add 249ml + 48ml = 297 ml nitric.
To that we would add 297ml of distilled water.

SILVER CELL SOLUTION FORMULA

You will need 8 Troy oz of pure or cemented silver. 8 Troy oz (8 X 31.1 grams)= 248.8 grams.
You will need 298.5 ml of nitric acid. (248.8 X 1.2ml)
You will also need 298.5ml of distilled water.

Note: 1 gram of copper will precipitate 3.4 grams of silver from solution.

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