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Silver Extraction

2006

Hi Guys,

I have purchased the Silver Extraction Plant from [company name deleted 3/26/07] I able to extract silver from X-ray fixer only. Can anyone help me how to extract silver from bleach-fix of photographic solution with the help of that plant, the Plant is designed with anode and cathode plates...

Awaiting for your replies...

Regards,

Vimal
Home - Chennai

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2006

Dear finishing.com,

I have purchased a machine for silver extraction from [company name deleted 3/26/07] but machine can extract the silver from the clinic's fixer but we want to extract the silver from the photo lab's and off set's fixer and machine is not extracting the silver from photo and off set's fixer. So would you please solve my problem. Please reply as soon as possible.

Thanking you,

Ram Subhashchandra khandelwal
- Amravati, Maharstra, India

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2006

Dear finishing.com,

I have purchased a machine for silver extraction from [company name deleted 3/26/07] but machine can extract the silver from the clinic's fixer but we want to extract the silver from the photo lab's and off set's fixer and machine is not extracting the silver from photo and off set's fixer. So would you please solve my problem. please reply as soon as possible.

Thanking you,

Vinod Kumar
System communication - Kannur, Kerala, India

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These questions do not seem to be generic, but to revolve around the specific details of one particular proprietary system. That's probably why no one has responded, not wanting to presume to speak for the manufacturer. Please contact the manufacturer about this -- although I would suggest giving them the details of your own situation, rather than pasting somebody else's problems into your inquiry as you did here. Good luck.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2006

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Sirs, From the letters appearing above, they seem to be a prank of one single person (although queries are appearing in the names of different persons), who may be having a personal grudge against the organization in question. In my humble opinion, it is unethical to bring out the name of any particular organization in order to tarnish its reputation. Such frivolous queries should not find a place on the reputable forum as this one, and should be removed. Sanjeev Sachdev - Delhi, India 2007 We agree, Sanjeev, that it is inappropriate to slam a person or a company in a forum like this, and we don't print such slams. It had seemed to me that the fixer from a photo lab would be very different than the fixer from an X-Ray clinic, and that the inquiry was a legitimate technical question about what settings or parameters to change. I am still hoping that someone will answer the question. However, we've removed the company name at your suggestion though. The entries are from different people, as proved by different IP addresses from different geographical locations. They were not a prank. But cutting-&-pasting a previous question exhibits a degree of laziness that has the downside of the writer not being taken seriously as your comment has proven. Ted Mooney, P.E. Striving to live Aloha finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey +++++++

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How I can extract silver out of fixer solution waste from photo films.

Rajesh Kapoor
- Amritsar, Punjab, India
2001

I would like to know how to extract silver from used x-ray fixers solutions from clinic/x-ray laboratories (film processor machines) by manual procedure or by small machine operation just for experiment. Some say there is a yellow & a white chemical added to the fixer then sludge will form at the bottom of the container that's all I know. Can you educate me more about my inquiries.Thank you very much.

Nepomuceno Del Rosario
- Manila, Philippines
June 24, 2008

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June 24, 2008

Hi, Nepomuceno. Similar questions have been asked over a hundred times on letter 15559, and on a number of other letters too. Some answers are contained there although there are twenty times as many questions as answers :-)

Good luck and Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey

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January 11, 2009

Hello. Could you tell me which method is the best to extract silver

1. Electrolysis
2. Chemical

Vishal Goyal
biz - India