Parting and Annealing -cs ceramic co.,ltd
Parting If your bead appears to be relatively pure gold, no parting is necessary. If the presence of a significant amount of silver and/or PGMs is indicated, proceed as follows:To part the silver from the gold, the button must contain at least 3 times as much silver as gold. If it does not, add sufficient assay silver to make this ratio. This is called "inquartation. If the analysis is to be finished gravimetrically the flattened doré is placed in a porcelain parting cup. Nitric acid (15% v/v) is added to the parting cup and heated on a hotplate. The nitric acid dissolves the silver leaving behind a gold sponge. The sponge is washed three times with de-ionized water and allowed to thoroughly dry.
Then proceed to "anneal" the button as follows:Annealing Anneal by repeatedly hammering the bead flat and heating it in a flame until it's red hot. Repeat heating after every couple of blows with the hammer. The annealed strip is then rolled into a loose coil or "coronet," placed in a parting cup and covered with a parting solution, a mixture of chemically pure nitric acid and distilled water, 6 parts water to I part acid, or a 6/1 ratio. Heat the flask gently. The coronet will blacken as the hydrogen bubbles off. Do not allow it to boil too fast. If the coronet becomes immediately black, add a little more distilled water to slow the action.
Finish Gravimetric Instrumental: GA-AASCalculationsSilver correction factor (c.f.) = blank inquart wgt. (mg.) /blank doré wgt. (mg.)> Gold (oz/st) = gold (mg.) x (29.167/sample wgt.) Silver (oz/st) = (((doré (mg.) - gold (mg.)) x c.f.)- inquart wgt.) x (29.167/sample wgt.)
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