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Re: Dissolving of gold

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Posted by Adam Quinan on February 16, 2015 at 17:46:53 user Adam.

In Reply to: Re: Dissolving of gold posted by Robert Hill on February 16, 2015 at 10:49:15:

Gold will also dissolve in a few other solvents. The easiest and safest for the amateur chemist to use is a potassium iodide solution in which iodine crystals have been dissolved. The compound formed, AuI (gold iodide), is soluble. It will take a little time, depending on how finely divided the gold is.

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