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How to recover Silver from silicone rubber containing silver

December 14, 2011

Q. Dear Sir,

I have got a piece of silicone rubber which has silver mixed with it in form of powder.
How to recover the silver from this?

If I burn it then danger is that powder will fly away with smoke.
Any alternate method?

Regards,
AK

A Kumar
- India

Find out the chemicals into which silicon dissolves. You will definitely get the answer. Try for benzene. Find it on google search.

Bhupesh Mulik
- Mumbai
December 26, 2011

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