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| Great information for the uninitiated. I used the same process to grow silver crystals years ago. Same principle- different chemicals. Steve | |
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I, too love growing Silver Crystals, Steve. And yes, the electrolyte (the wet solution part) is indeed different than for cleaning coins, etc. That's the fun part of chemistry...finding the different amperages and electrolytes for each metal one wants to clean or plate or....
There is a cool plater's handbook by a machinist which I bought off FeeBay a couple years back. He has them all spelled out...must be 4-5 dozen in that book if memory serves.
Whereas the electrolyte suggested at the top of this thread was water and citric acid in some form, the electrolyte for making silver crystals is dilute nitric, which is saturated with dissolved silver, just as one example.
However, the transformer I use is NOT a car battery...I use a model train transformer, which is a kick. Put it on an Amp meter and the models I purchased have 12volts to 18volts depending upon the year/make/model. I then took a magic marker and wrote on the faceplate where different voltages were. Silver takes a much lower jolt than gold for example.
And the even neater thing than the low cost of acquiring these little hummers is this: you can go from + to - without changing out the position of the alligator clips.
Simply make your "train go in reverse" by turing the dial or pulling the level to the other polarity.
Have fun. And Happy New Year.
Megan Rose
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