Refining Gold with Sulphuric Acid
On cupelling it weighed 9658. The button still contained silver. It is, therefore, not practicable to part such zinc, silver, gold, alloys with sulphuric acid, even although such alloys will part readily with nitric acid. Gold, Silver, and Sodium. An alloy was then taken consisting of: Gold 64.7 Silver 23.4 Sodium 11.9