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I will detail a SAFE process of turning old electronic parts into little round lumps of pure gold.
There are many tutorials that claim to o er methods of gold recovery such as "Cupellation"*.
These processes are DANGEROUS and put the user at the risk of inhaling vaporized metals.
No over the counter breather will protect you from these dangers; Only lab grade isolated
breathing systems can protect against metal vapors. ********************************** SEE
HEALTH HAZARD ON STEP 6***************************************
**** a Side cautionary note, This process is not suitable to purify Panned Gold or KARAT (Gold
Alloyed with silver.) This Guide is best suited for gold plated or pure gold object.
*Cupellation is a re ning process in metallurgy, where ores or alloyed metals are treated under
high temperatures and controlled operations to separate noble metals, like gold and silver, from
base metals like lead, copper, zinc, arsenic, antimony or bismuth, present in the ore. The process
is based on the principle that precious metals do not oxidise or react chemically, unlike the base
metals; so when they are heated at high temperatures, the precious metals remain apart and the
others react forming slags or other compounds
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In this instructable you will be working with basic house hold chemicals. By themselves these
chemicals can be fairly harmless. The combination of such chemical which will be presented in
this instructable can be EXTREMELY hazardous; By such there are a couple of safety items which
are not Optional. THE FOLLOW ITEMS ARE REQUIRED. FAILURE TO OBTAIN THESE ITEMS BEFORE
HAND CAN POSSIBLY COMPROMISE YOUR HEALTH.
Item # 1.
Breathing equipment. You will need a chemical mask rated AT LEAST as a P100. If you dont
know what a P100 rating means It is your responsibility to yourself to nd out.
Item # 2
Heavy duty Gloves. pvc or rubber is ne, do not use Latex or Nitrile gloves.
Item # 3
Safety Glasses. Any pair will work as long as It is safety rated and solvent rated.
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I have used a number of chemicals these I have found to be the most widely available.
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I was taught by the method of Crap in Crap out. You want your materials to be as clean as
possible with the least Amount of Garbage as possible.
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Gold ngers are typically found on PCI cards, ISA cards, or on Memory sims/dimms/etc. They
create the corrosion free connection between the computer and the expansion card.
This process can also be used to recover gold from CPU such as Pentium Pro, or Cyrix or older
486 and lower generation chips.
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Objective of this rst chemical bath is to remove a large majority the base metals, Such as nickle,
zinc and copper.
After cleanly removing your plated sections of computer parts. remove any visible capacitors
transistors, or other components. be sure to also remove any steel or iron parts attached. These
metals can foul the reaction causing poor results.
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First step, place your 1 gallon stainer bucket, into your 2 1/2 gallon wash bucket. But rst place
your parts to be recovered inside your 1 gallon strainer bucket. as pictured.
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how many MLs are added. you want to keep your waste Acids to a minimum. second. To
activate the solution you want to add your Hydrogen peroxide 3 - 5% solution in a 2 to 1 ratio.
two parts muratic acid to one part hydrogen peroxide.
after the Peroxide has been added to your muratic acid the mixture should start to bubble, and
the base metals should begin to dissolve. At this point you should be wearing your safety gear
because a few unfriendly fumes are being released.
This process can take up to 24 - 48 hours. this works best at the temperatures of 80 - 90 F.
When this has been completed you will see a batch of gold foils oating in your now dark green
acid.
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60oz pickle jar. or glass container large enough to contain waste acids.
Simply Poor the contents of the two gallon bucket into the pickle jar using the co ee lters to
catch any foils that are oating on the surface of the acid. Once you have pored o all the acid
you will be left with a pile similar to what is in the picture. scoop these from the bucket into
another container for future processing.
ZINC
Inhalation of zinc oxide fumes can occur when welding or cutting on zinc-coated metals.
Exposure to these fumes is known to cause metal fume fever. Symptoms of metal fume fever are
very similar to those of common in uenza. They include fever (rarely exceeding 102o F), chills,
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and general weakness and aching of the head and
body. The victim may sweat profusely for a few hours, after which the body temperature begins
to return to normal. The symptoms of metal fume fever have rarely, if ever, lasted beyond 24
hours. The subject can then appear to be more susceptible to the onset of this condition on
Mondays or on weekdays following a holiday than they are on other days.
BERYLLIUM
Beryllium is sometimes used as a alloying element with copper and other base metals. Acute
exposure to high concentrations of beryllium can result in chemical pneumonia. Long-term
exposure can result in shortness of breath, chronic cough, and signi cant weight loss,
accompanied by fatigue and general weakness.
MERCURY
Mercury compounds are used to coat metals to prevent rust or inhibit foliage growth (marine
paints). Under the intense heat of the arc or gas ame, mercury vapors will be produced.
Exposure to these vapors may produce stomach pain, diarrhea, kidney damage, or respiratory
failure. Long-term exposure may produce tremors, emotional instability, and hearing damage.
LEAD
Inhalation and ingestion of lead oxide fumes and other lead compounds will cause lead
poisoning. Symptoms include metallic taste in the mouth, loss of appetite, nausea, abdominal
cramps, and insomnia. In time, anemia and general weakness, chie y in the muscles of the
wrists, develop. Lead adversely a ects the brain, central nervous system, circulatory system,
reproductive system, kidneys, and muscles.
CADMIUM
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Cadmium is used frequently as a rust-preventive coating on steel and also as an alloying
element. Acute exposures to high concentrations or cadmium fumes can produce severe lung
irritation, pulmonary edema, and in some cases, death. Long-term exposure to low levels of
cadmium in air can result in emphysema (a disease a ecting the ability of the lung to absorb
oxygen) and can damage the kidneys. Cadmium is classi ed by OSHA, NIOSH, and EPA as a
potential human carcinogen
Place your acid in a separate container, I choose used 2 liter or 3 liter bottles, Label these bottles
as CLCu2 with a black sharpie marker. under that write may also contain trace amounts of
NICKLE and ZINC, BERYLLIUM, CADMIUM and LEAD. You can take these items to your local
hazard roundup or recycle your acids with a method I plan on detailing in another instructable.
DO NOT dump your acids down the drain or on the ground. it is IMPORTANT to be responsible
with wastes.
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In order to reach a higher level of purity a second bath is required. For that we will need to
create a test Chemical called Stannous cloride or Sn CL2
This metal is essential for Identify how much gold is left in our 2nd chemical bath.
For this you will need 1 beaker, and about 30 ML or muratic acid. 1 gram of tin metal powder or
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it takes appox 4 hours to completely dissolve the tin metal shot. or instantly for the powder.
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For this chemical bath I will be reproducing the process on small scale. this is by far the most
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For this step I am going to use a 100 ml beaker a portion of recovered foils, about 3 grams.
I will be adding only enough Muratic acid to cover my 3 grams of foils, Using a Pipette I will
slowly add Clorox until all of my foils have dissolved. you can use a glass rod to help felicitate
the process.
After your foils have dissolved the resulting solution will be a deep golden yellow maybe a little
orange in color.
it may be desirable to lter your solution with the co ee lters 1 more time, depending on if
little bits of green plastic from the board found their way into this step.
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After Dissolving ALL the foils you might notice a small amount of inductors, caps and transistors
that wormed their way into the nal process. This is normal.
Simply Filter again using a long neck funnel and a tall ask. The resulting solution should be a
Deep and bright golden yellow..
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Ok, this is the exciting part and one where you get to see some real chemistry at work..
Simply place 1 dot of recovered solution on a piece of ler paper, Next place one drop of your
stannous cloride on the other. The resulting reaction should turn purple.
If your did CONGRADS you have created AURIC Cloride Or Aucl3 a gold bearing solution. If your
test drop didnt turn purple, add a little more tin to your stannous cloride and heat gently with a
alcohol burner and BOROsiicate test tube. Repeat Test.
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Simply add very small amounts of stumpout, Your Mixture should start to look like the pictures
I have provided. This is caused by the SO2 Gas which acts to chemically displace the gold in
solution.
When the reaction has nished you will have driven out a majority of the chlorine, and replaced
it with Sulfur. Any gold which was trapped in the solution has now be come a brown precipitate
at the bottom of your beaker.
Retest with Stannous chloride, if your reaction still turns purple you need to add more
stumpout.
It will take appox 10 hours for the gold to competely settle, the solution should be clear at this
point.
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OK this is the last stop, At this point you have drained o the last ot the solution with your
pipette the bottom of your beaker should be coated with what looks like dried cinnamon.
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THATS PURE GOLD. Put that powder onto a re brick that has been treated with a ux material
like borax. Melt the borax till it becomes glassy. Apply your powder,
Heat with a MAPP torch or something more aggressive, careful not to blow your powder o the
rebrick.
TO date I have used this process to recover approx 1 pound of gold from computer chips and
the like.
Enjoy....
Railes.
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What do u do when ur solution is contaminated
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I did like you indicated but the results were different one of which some of the gold flakes were released and
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Hey I’m going to try this process, it’s very professional. I was wondering about the filter test. Do I put both
drops on the same filter paper one after the other or do I put one drop on one paper and another drop on
another and then press them together?
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Would 38% hydrocloric acid work for this? I'm having difficulties finding the recommended 34%
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Can any of you good people tell me if it would be ok to put broken up pieces of a PCB into the solution to get
the gold?
Also are the chemicals mean readily available over the counter?
Cheers.
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Hi my name is Roy land and I have some computer gold is there anybody out there that can extract it for me
for a percentage
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