Making CS with a Silver Coin 
mtl777
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I have a Canadian maple leaf silver coin and an 8-inch long 14-AWG silver wire. Both are 99.99% silver. I am going to use the silver coin as the anode and the silver wire as the cathode. Is this a good method?
How about if I make the cathode to anode ratio 1:2 as suggested by some people. In this case I would have to cut the silver coin into two pieces - a 1/3-size piece to be used as the cathode and a 2/3-size piece to be used as the anode - in order to be able to achieve a 1:2 ratio. Would this allow me to make better quality CS than the former method? If not, then I would prefer the former which is simpler and less work.
Thanks!
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- Re: Making CS with a Silver Coin Esstee
9 y
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This is a reply to # 2,292,039
RE: Is this a good method?
It's fine. Just be sure not to let the wire that attaches to the coin touch the water
RE: How about if I make the cathode to anode ratio 1:2 as suggested by some people.
The ideal is to keep a larger anode than your cathode. Therefore, using the coin would be fine as it has far more surface area than your 14ga wire.
Hope this helps
PS. don't forget to add some form of current control, if not, be sure to pull the process before things get to far, as this will result in the formation of crystals, which looks like a stream of blue or white smoke coming from the anode.
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- Re: Making CS with a Silver Coin mtl777
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This is a reply to # 2,292,140
Thank you so much Esstee!
RE: Is this a good method?
It's fine. Just be sure not to let the wire that attaches to the coin touch the water
If the wire that attaches to the coin is a 99.99% silver wire, isn't it alright if this wire touches the water? The reason I'm asking is because I plan to submerge the entire coin in the water, so the wire attached to the coin would have to touch the water. Is there any problem with doing this?
- Re: Making CS with a Silver Coin Esstee
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This is a reply to # 2,292,290If the wire is pure silver, then you are indeed A-OK in that regard.
The reason I added the precaution is where it's common for people to use wire made of other materials.- Re: Making CS with a Silver Coin mtl777 9 y 1,016
- Re: Making CS with a Silver Coin mtl777
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This is a reply to # 2,292,291I have one more question: What should be the distance between the silver coin (anode) and the silver wire (cathode) in the water?
Thanks!
- Re: Making CS with a Silver Coin Esstee
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- Re: Making CS with a Silver Coin mtl777
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- Re: Making CS with a Silver Coin Esstee
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