Silver grades

Fig. 3.1-20tt Tensile strength and 0.2% proof stress of silver grades at different temperatures [1.216, p. 37]...

By agreement between the purchaser and the suppHer, analyses may also be requited and limits estabUshed for elements or compounds not specified. This grade is intended for chemical appHcations requiting low silver and bismuth contents. 

The fire assay, the antecedents of which date to ancient Egypt, remains the most rehable method for the accurate quantitative determination of precious metals ia any mixture for concentrations from 5 ppm to 100%. A sample is folded iato silver-free lead foil cones, which are placed ia bone-ash cupels (cups) and heated to between 1000 and 1200°C to oxidize the noimoble metals. The oxides are then absorbed iato a bone-ash cupel (ca 99%) and a shiny, uniformly metaUic-colored bead remains. The bead is bmshed clean, roUed fiat, and treated with CP grade nitric acid to dissolve the silver. The presence of trace metals ia that solution is then determined by iastmmental techniques and the purity of the silver determined by difference. 

Silver compounds, available from commercial suppHers, are expensive. Reagent grades of sHver(I) carbonate, cyanide, diethjldithiocarbamate, iodate, nitrate, oxide, phosphate, and sulfate are available. Standardized solutions of silver nitrate are also available for analytical uses. Purified grades of sHver(I) acetate, bromide, cyanide, and iodide can be purchased silver nitrate is also made as a USP XX grade for medicinal uses (6). 

The principal use of photochemical-grade ammonium thiosulfate continues to be in photography, where is dissolves undeveloped silver haUdes from negatives and prints. It reacts considerably faster than sodium thiosulfate, and the fixing solutions can be used about twice as long as sodium thiosulfate solutions the washing period to remove residual thiosulfate is shorter. 

Open-pit zinc mining is not common, since most mines ate below the surface. The Kidd Creek Mine in Ontario, Canada, is a combination open-pit—underground mine. It is one of the richest deposits in the world with an estimated 62.5 x 10 t grading 7.08% zinc, 1.33% copper, and 151 g silver (14). Underground mining methods include room-and-pdlar, shrinkage, cut-and-fill, and square set. In the United States, ca 20 mines account for more than 98% of zinc production. 

New technology and development of brine reserves are increasing each year in the United States and abroad. This affects the uses and price of brine chemicals. For example, development of the Salar de Atacama in Chile in the 1980s as the largest producer of brine lithium in the world has affected lithium production and prices worldwide. Lithium production from Seades Lake brine has been discontinued, and the Silver Peak operation in Nevada is in a slow production decline caused by weaker brine grades. 

Revenues from low grade copper mines are also gained from such by-products as molybdenum [7439-98-7] silver, gold, selenium [7782-49-2] and tellurium [13494-80-9],... 

HoUen-dl, n. curcas oil (from Jatropha curcaa) , castor oil worst grade of olive oil. -stein, m. lapis infemalis, Itmar caustic (silver nitrate). 

Weigh out accurately about 0.10 g of analytical grade sodium chloride and about 0.20 g of potassium bromide, dissolve the mixture in about 2.0 mL of water and transfer quantitatively to the top of the column with the aid of 0.3 M sodium nitrate. Pass 0.3 M sodium nitrate through the column at a flow rate of about 1 mL per minute and collect the effluent in 10 mL fractions. Transfer each fraction in turn to a conical flask, dilute with an equal volume of water, add 2 drops of 0.2M potassium chromate solution and titrate with standard 0.02M silver nitrate. 

Analytical grade silver nitrate has a purity of at least 99.9 per cent, so that a standard solution can be prepared by direct weighing. If, however, commercial... 

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