The video is about a person who has gathered various scrap gold, including 282 grams of pure gold, 31.4 grams of 18k gold, 184.6 grams of 10k gold, and 395.2 grams of 14k gold. They plan to refine this gold by melting it and adding silver to create a 25% gold alloy, followed by nitric acid treatments to remove impurities. The video shows the process of melting, dissolving the silver and base metals, and filtering the solution to obtain pure gold. It's a detailed demonstration of the refining process.
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- The text is a transcript of a YouTube video about refining gold from scrap jewelry.
- The author has 282 grams of pure gold, 31.4 grams of 18k gold, 184.6 grams of 10k gold, and 395.2 grams of 14k gold to refine.
- The author uses a technique called inquartation, which involves adding silver to the gold to form a 25% gold alloy and then dissolving the silver and base metals with nitric acid.
- The author uses 8 nitric acid treatments and 2.5 liters of hydrochloric acid to dissolve the gold completely.
- The author precipitates the gold with sodium metabisulfite and then melts it with an induction furnace.
- The author obtains a bar of pure gold weighing 603.8 grams or 19.4 troy ounces, worth about $27,000 at the current spot price.