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Tell me about cyanide process for gold dissolution

I am very, very curious. I have made nitric acid and have dissolved silver,copper,sterling,etc..but I would love to see cyanide dissolving silver or gold and want to know where I can see a video of such.also need to know if hydrogen cyanide is released when dissolving gold.

David Castillo
hobbyist (novice silverplater) - Abilene, Texas, U.S.A.
February 3, 2010

Forget that David -it is dangerous process and probably against law.There are proprietary and DIY cyanide-free gold plating solutions.Hope it helps and good luck!

Goran Budija
- Zagreb,Croatia
February 6, 2010

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