This info was lost during recent maintenance, and thank fk someone other than google 'caches' insignificant crap around here Here you go frenchy... The following info will help you figure out your blob of "2.25KG of Industrial Silver, recovered from high powered TV Transmission". In response to frenchy's post... .
Are natural silver nuggets normally pure Ag or are there usually other minerals present? If other minerals are present wont that affect the SG calculations?
simply weigh nugget, then density test (i.e. displace water)... then compare results with... a casted 999 (or the closest you can get) silver ingot that matches the volume of displaced water the nugget spewed out (i.e. density test), then you weigh the result to find out then you can work out... (a/b)^100/1 a = your nugget weight b = your casted silver ingot 'weight' .
if you dont like working with Pi just try to use a container with metric measurements (preferably in cm) that is squared (not like typical beakers/cylindrical), then you can easy work out gcm-3
Great to learn interesting stuff. SG testing of gold in quartz rock is tricky due to purity (SG) variations in both the gold and quartz. Accurate calculations are difficult to make particularly if the amount of gold is less than 1% of the total weight of the specimen.
actually here are two sites that do far better explain... http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=8490.0 http://www.attilacoins.com/Calculate_Specific_Gravidity_coin.asp ^^^especially check out the last link, has nice handy graph of some silver purities (scroll down a little)
would be good idea to buy one of them lab beakers.. can be had for a few dollars off ebay... measures in millimeters
This is good info for all members. I ASK, intelligent, knowledgable persons (such as yourself) answer, other members learn.
