Fine gold vaporizing

[danec71]

Went out this weekend even though there was snow to do a little poking around on my mining claim. Found the typical flower Gold that I get up there a lot. So my question is I saw a decent amount a little flour gold in the Blacksand and the Pyrites that I get with the heavies.I can usually crush up and then burn off the sulfides and pyrites and usually get a little bit more Feingold. This time however I wonder if I overheated it because when I planned out everything there was no gold at all. So is it possible to vaporize superfine Gold if you get it to hot.this is my setup

 

[63bkpkr]

danec71,
Not long ago there was a post on TNET about this very topic, vaporizing gold, if I'm recalling correctly the answer is yes. Some actually knowledgeable person will chime in here with the real information I'm sure but till then you have a strong maybe...............63bkpkr

 

[DizzyDigger]

Looks a bit better right side up...

For gold to enter a gaseous state you'd have to heat it
to over 5,173 degrees Fahrenheit (2,856 degrees Celsius),
so I seriously doubt that it vaporized on you.

 

[N-Lionberger]

I vaporize gold fairly frequently in my glass work, we use it to color glass a gold pinkish purplish color.

 

[Goldwasher]

I vaporize gold fairly frequently in my glass work, we use it to color glass a gold pinkish purplish color.

infuse?

 

[et1955]

A lot of questions here from your post but from what I read you were expecting more gold from burning the sulfides and pyrites, obvious answer there was none.

 

[danec71]

Was none as in not even the stuff I could see before heating it as I always do.to be more clear I guess I could say I left it longer then I usually do and it was way hotter then usual as I must of turned it a bit more then I do.anyways nothing at all.only the bit of blank sands

 

[Goldwasher]

yea but, that set up doesn't get hot enough

 

[Tommybuckets]

I believe the term is sublimation which is when an element skips a phase change from solid directly to gas (and skips the liquid phase). Not sure you can get hot enough to do that with your setup but a crappy refinery can do it on accident (or on purpose lol). Physics nerd here.

 

[russau]

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Looks a bit better right side up...

For gold to enter a gaseous state you'd have to heat it
to over 5,173 degrees Fahrenheit (2,856 degrees Celsius),
so I seriously doubt that it vaporized on you.

DizzyDigger has the correct answer for you! As you shown in the attached picture of your OP you had the kiln turned upside down and all your gold fell out on the ground!

 

[N-Lionberger]

infuse?

We call it fuming, you vaporize the gold in a torch flame and it condenses on the surface of the cooler glass. Some colored glass such as ruby red has gold mixed into it.

 

[ncclaymaker]

We call it fuming, you vaporize the gold in a torch flame and it condenses on the surface of the cooler glass. Some colored glass such as ruby red has gold mixed into it.

The first masters of fuming were glassmakers Louis Comfort Tiffany and his very secretive chemist, Arthur J. Nash in the 1880's. The following sounds like an old sorcerers brew. Slightly toxic, but did the trick.

Mix 12 oz. silver nitrate, 4 oz. uranium, 4 oz. manganese, 4 oz. arsenic, 12 oz. potash nitrate. Add to 100 lb. of molten glass. Combine with artistry, chemistry, and secrecy. The result: “Gold Lustre,” a signature glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany, also called iridescent for its lustrous finish.