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More silver dissolved than expected
🕑 Added 2025-08-09 05:10:57 +0000 UTCpart of a bigger project. I thought it was interesting. maybe I will try to recreate it sometime.
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CodyDon Reeder
That is a superstition that makes as much sense as always opening a door with your left hand.
Lovebunnygames
acid in to water to dilute not water into acid. im just worried about ya
Orion Lawlor
Your results of 3 ozt silver (0.86 mols) fully dissolving in 80 mL azeotropic nitric (1.256 mols) seem consistent with the cold dissolution equations even without NOx recycling though: 3Ag + 4HNO3 (cold and diluted) = 3AgNO3 + 2H2O + NO vs Ag + 2HNO3 (hot and concentrated) = AgNO3 + H2O + NO2
Orion Lawlor
In dissolving silver I've used a funnel full of wet marbles to recycle those NOx back into nitric acid.
